Before the news broke of Manchester City's decision not to prolong their brief interest in Cristiano Ronaldo, Pep Guardiola was contradictory on the matter.
On the one hand, Guardiola suggested that the world's best players tend to go to whichever club they wish.
On the other, he said he only liked players who would run for his team until they dropped.
There is no way Ronaldo fits into both of those sentences, but it was that kind of day at City and it has been that kind of week.