Coventry City manager, Frank Lampard has come out to say that he aspires to be like Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, managers like Thomas Frank and Pep Guardiola have his respect because they constantly invite him to their training ground, and the best coaches are the ones who will have you around to learn directly from how they work.
Lampard added that despite being a very busy man due to his success as a football manager, Pep is still always open to sitting down for an hour-long chat about the game.
His words, “The experienced managers can have a thousand stories. They’ve been there and done it, so they can offer that advice. I’m the same – if any manager wants to come and see what we do here at the training ground, I’m very open with that. I think the most confident and the best are generally like that. (Brentford boss) Thomas Frank, for instance. He invites me to the training ground and Pep Guardiola is the same. Pep is the best so you’d think he’d be consumed with everything he’s got going on. But he’ll sit down for an hour and chat about football. I really respect that. I hope that, if I can ever be like that, that’s what I would aspire to.”
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Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.
Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.
Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.
Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.
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