Man City chairman dubs Girona's UCL qualification 'extraordinary'

Man City and CFG chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak praises Girona for finishing 3rd in LaLiga and securing UCL spot

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00:00 When you talk about a system and how the system works, and to many of the points we discussed

00:06 earlier, I think Girona kind of personifies this group and how a club can be well managed

00:14 to the point to substantially outperform.

00:17 They have the 16th highest wage bill in La Liga, 16th out of 20.

00:24 And they went head to head with Real Madrid and Barcelona till the end, and they finished

00:29 third, and they made it to the Champions League for the first time in their history after

00:34 coming from the second division just a couple of years ago.

00:38 It is extraordinary, I think in footballing terms, to achieve what they have achieved

00:44 given what I've just described in La Liga with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid,

00:50 and the other big clubs in Spain having the 16th highest wage bill, so 15 teams ahead

00:55 of them, and then to get to the Champions League qualification is incredible.

01:01 In Girona, you've seen it to perfection with Michel as the coach, Kike as the football

01:06 director, great management team there, great board, and then the players, really everybody

01:11 there outperformed every single person in that group.

01:15 You don't get to that result without outperforming as a group, and it's something I think that

01:20 is remarkable for Girona, the city, the people of Girona, and the fan base of that club.