We’ve been here before. In 2020, Jorgelina Cardoso, the wife of United winger Angel Di Maria, spoke at some considerable length of her distaste for Manchester. “It was horrible! All of it was horrible,” she said, branding the food ‘disgusting’, the women ‘weird’ and the city in general ‘a sh*thole’. It was boring then, and, guess what, it’s boring now.
In an unwelcome, unsolicited and unoriginal bout of deja vu, Sara Arfaoui, wife of City’s captain Ilkay Gundogan, has had another pop at the city she perhaps disdainfully calls home. Asked for her favourite restaurant on Instagram (and whoever did so must be wondering just what they have started), she replied: “Sorry I'm sad to be honest but nothing. I tried so bad to find a good restaurant but... horrible food everywhere.”
She went on: “Can't find a real Italian or good sushi or just fresh food .. everything frozen. Restaurants here are just focus on making money with drinks and shot like night clubs not quality food. Maybe in London but in Manchester nothing. I'm sorry.” Perhaps there’s some comfort to be had in London only getting a ‘maybe’.
