Manchester City are set to take on Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s charges will look to finish the campaign on a high by securing a place in the Champions League next season.
Manchester City will head to St Mary’s Stadium to take on a struggling Southampton side that will be in the Championship next season.
Mick Channon, who played for both Man City and Southampton, spoke about his time at Maine Road and what his feelings were towards the club.
Channon also delivered his verdict on Pep Guardiola, the man who has taken the Citizens to the highest heights of world football.
Mick Channon says Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world
Channon, speaking to the Man City website, described the City boss as “the best manager” in the world.
“The man’s a genius,” said Channon.
“He sees things in players that the rest of the world doesn’t see and they all produce for him.
“I hold my hands up to the man. For me, he sees things we don’t see – and that’s why he’s the best manager in the world.”
Mick Channon explains why it didn’t work out for him at Manchester City
Channon is Southampton’s record goal-scorer and second-highest appearance holder for the Saints.
Those two spells at the south coast club were split by a stint at Man City, where he registered 30 goals from 94 outings.
However, Channon has admitted he felt he wasn’t at his best during his time at Man City, though he made clear he loved everything about the club.
“I went to Manchester City, but unfortunately it was probably the worst spell of my career,” admitted Channon.
“It was a strange thing, when I went to City – I only got the ball when no one else wanted it. I couldn’t get going. It wasn’t good for me and it wasn’t good for City. It just didn’t work out.
“I had to be the first port of call on the pitch, I was the sort of player that if you gave it to me something might happen, whereas if you gave it to me when no-one else wanted it, I wasn’t very good.
“Don’t get me wrong, I loved Manchester City. The city, football, people, training and everything was brilliant – I just couldn’t get going.
“There were some good games and I scored a couple of goals against Liverpool and some of the big clubs, but I wasn’t happy in my football.
“That’s no disrespect to anyone else and it was no-one else’s fault apart from Mick Channon’s.”
