Noel Gallagher has cried more for Manchester City’s first Champions League than for the breakup of Oasis 14 years ago. Videos from @oasismania show the eldest Gallagher on Saturday night in a San Diego pub, surrounded by blues fans. Final whistle, hugs and tears. Sing like there’s no tomorrow Don’t look back in anger. Don’t look back in anger…
The admiration of the eldest of the Gallaghers for Pep Guardiola is well known and, if Sir Elton John went to receive the Blues at the airport when they won the FA Cup, Noel promised on the BBC to become the servant of the Santpedor coach if he returned to Manchester with the longed-for cup. Changing the decoration of the house, going on stage in his underpants… But the wild Liam Gallagher had unleashed speculation on Twitter since the semifinal against Real Madrid: “If Man City win the Champions League, I’ll call my brother and bring the damn band back ”. Football is football and the Gallaghers can’t stand it. And still… Is Oasis back?
The Manchester City soundtrack comes from the album (What’s the story) Morning glory? from Oasis, as the one from FC Barcelona from Viva la vida from Coldplay came out. Guardiola celebrated the 2021 league with the Don’t look back in anger and a powerful cigar.
On Saturday, as the players entered the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the streets of Manchester were chanting Wonderwall. “Today is gonna be the day…” And yes. It was the day. Noel Gallagher recovered the Champagne Supernova: “Today the rain in Manchester tastes like champagne.” The party in the locker room connected with the streets… again Wonderwall.
Guardiola won his first Champions League as manager with Barça the same year that Oasis parted ways. So, with City’s first, treble included, why not ask for the impossible and bring the Gallaghers together exceptionally? Noel assures: “I have been in the same room with Liam, but even so nobody has said anything about it. The truth is that if we ever do it again it will be for money, just for that.” For money and for the Champions…
The brothers are proud City hooligans, so their fans are running wild online, hoping they will keep their promises. The adjectives that have accompanied the name of Guardiola in the last few hours are endless. The Gallagher fights and scorn they dispensed to other musicians, either. Is Oasis coming back? What Guardiola says.
