Luke Bardsley - Off Beat Podcast

Dear Pep, I write this with tears rolling down my face, I do not know where to start. It was last year, when you restaurant shut down, that I began to panic. That I begin to think, why would such a fantastic, delicious restaurant close down for no reason? The place I celebrate your birthday every year, just gone. And now, it is in confirmed. You are about to leave the greatest dynasty in football history. You are arguably one of the most influential humans to ever grace this planet. Not just from football, from every human to grace this planet. I would put you Top 5. Football is one of the most popular consumed forms of media. Of entertainment. The amount of people that rely on football as an escape, as a cure for their depression, as a job. You have inspired everything in the modern era of the sport. Everyone's favourite players, teams, have been influenced by you, moulded by you, shaped by you. And that is why, how people can escape. By consuming what YOU have created. You have inspired everyone in the modern generation. You have improved the mental health. You have gave people something to bond over, form friendships. You have gave millions, billions of people the best memories of their lives. Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, Mahtma Gandhi, Pep Guardiola, etc. And if this was the end of your club career, what a fucking journey it was. What a fucking journey. I will be at the Aston Villa game. @PepTeam, it would mean the world to me if I could meet you one last time, before you leave. Just to give you a little gift, and tell you how much you mean. Legend. Love, InvertTheWing.