Basketball legend Michael Jordan has paid tribute to Pep Guardiola as the departing Manchester City manager was given a final sendoff during an open-top bus parade and after-party featuring an on-stage contract announcement by one of the club’s top players.After the parade through the streets of Manchester on Monday, a sellout crowd of 19,000 inside the Co-op Live arena near City’s Etihad Stadium witnessed a video message from Jordan to Guardiola on the big screen.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Hey, Pep, this is Michael Jordan,” the six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion said. “I just want to congratulate you on an unbelievable career. Enjoy your retirement.“Good luck on the links,” Jordan added, in a nod to Guardiola’s hobby of golf, “and keep them straight. Congratulations.”Guardiola is leaving after a record-breaking decade in charge of City, in which he won 17 major trophies.Former City captain Vincent Kompany, the current Bayern Munich coach, and Noel Gallagher of the Britpop band Oasis attended the event in person. It was arranged to celebrate the domestic cup double of the men’s team as well as the club’s Women’s Super League and FA Youth Cup triumphs.In the part of the show dedicated to the women’s team, record scorer Khadija “Bunny” Shaw announced on stage she had signed a new four-year contract with City, ending speculation linking her with Chelsea.Shaw has …
