Pep Guardiola

[FCBarca]

I maintain a whisper of belief he will return to coach in La Masia but would be interesting to unpack his relationship with the club to create distance after Rosell got into office

One of the club’s greatest legends whose legacy includes leading the greatest team we’ve seen in club sport - not to mention the ballboy who went on to win everything there is in club football as player and coach

 

[ToranagaSama]

Must be about 10 years now at City. Got to be one of the longest stints ever in the Prem right after Ferguson and Wenger. So much for "maximum 3 years is optimal for me at a team, 4 years at Barca was one too many".

 

[RedxMAK]

Must be about 10 years now at City. Got to be one of the longest stints ever in the Prem right after Ferguson and Wenger. So much for "maximum 3 years is optimal for me at a team, 4 years at Barca was one too many".

This is what money does to a man…

 

[Gnidrologist]

And lack of hair transplant.

 

[DonAK]

I maintain a whisper of belief he will return to coach in La Masia but would be interesting to unpack his relationship with the club to create distance after Rosell got into office

One of the club’s greatest legends whose legacy includes leading the greatest team we’ve seen in club sport - not to mention the ballboy who went on to win everything there is in club football as player and coach

You're going to get the shock of your life when the club he actually joins in the future in some capacity is Girona where his brother has an ownership stake.

 

[Birdy]

This is what money does to a man…

Stop this berating insult that every dumb person uses

Of course they have money, but he did not go there JUST for money.
He went, because they have the perfect environment for a coach to work, with SDs and hierarchy that listen to him and don't treat him like a piece of shit.

HAve you ever thoughg that Txiki and Soriano, are two executives City poached from Barca?
They were HERE
If Barca were a serious insitution, and kept an environment protecting and trusting the coach, Pep would have left after 10 and not after 4 years
(if he had left at all)

 

[khaled_a_d]

Pep was never staying for 10 years regardless of the SD and president.

In Barca, there was always 2 issues: whatever he does, Crujif will get huge chunk of credit, and more importantly, he was never going to replicate the massive success he had early on. He achieved too much too early. Had he delivered a couple of CL in City in first half decade, I doubt he will be there now, but it took him 8 years to do it.

In City, it is his project, he is their own Crujif, and there was a fair struggle there to achieve things, and fair appreciation. There was no "he has Messi/Xavi/Iniesta" to take credit of him, there was no past glory to take credit of him, and there is the unlimited funds.

Soriano is mute point btw, Pep has barely any ties to him before City, he left Barca in July 2008, believing Barca project is failing when we hired Pep. There were even whispers he was one of those whose thought we should have brought Lippi or Mourinho and not an unproven coach. He is more of a business guy rather than sport one.

Again, it was a bit like Crujif, while Ajax remained his home, Barca was his baby. For Pep, Barca is his home, City is his baby. Obviously a bit different due to not having ties as a player

 

[FCBarca]

Txiki is a big link as well at City but this too was by design by the state club, to create a Barça-lite

You have to credit them because they have created a solid football club top to bottom, training facilities, women’s team and even developing players in their academy. Like mentioned, a Cruyff effect in terms of philosophy - does that hold/continue once Pep leaves? Remains to be seen

 

[El Flaco]

Pep Guardiola: "Because of what’s happening in Ukraine or in Palestine — the absence of humanity in all of us, that we don’t lift a finger for tragedies happening 3-4 hours away. In WWI & WWII, things happened but couldn’t be shown; they were hidden. Today we see it on live TV & we still do nothing"

Pep Guardiola: “¿Que hay gente esperando que fracase? Sí, sí, seguro. Y encantado de recibirles. Encantado. Eso te da energía. En la competición necesitas de gente que te diga: ‘¿Sí? Ya verás”

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