Former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has vowed to reach out to his successor. This comes after he handed over the keys to the first team at the Etihad Stadium, and fans have been reacting.
Admitting that he has been mentally preparing for this exit this summer, Pep revealed that his successor should be ready to work with freedom at the club.
Pep added that he never envisaged winning so many trophies as manager of the biggest clubs.
His words, “When the club tell me who it is, of course I will call him. I will tell him, ‘Be yourself and the club will support you unconditionally’.
That is the biggest compliment, or the biggest luck that all the managers who have been here have had. You will be protected in the bad moments more than any other club. Be yourself, be free, go with your ideas. Work a lot and everything will be fine.
Yesterday I was at home and I didn’t have any furniture. It was basically completely empty. I just had a bed to sleep on. I’ve processed it already. After a few weeks, already it is done.
Looking back at myself as a young boy playing on the streets, to say that I’d win this amount of trophies, I never would have believed it. It’s something incredible and we kind of set a standard for this club. I hope going forward when I come back and watch from the stands that they can recreate some incredible moments.”
WOW.
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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