Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to lavish young talent, Rico Lewis with praise. This is coming after the 18-year-old’s stunning performance in the club’s 3-1 win at RB Leipzig, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Rico is a brilliant player he is lucky to manage at City, and the only shame about his talent is that he is not much taller than he currently is.
Pep added that apart from his brief height, Lewis has everything else he needs to be an amazing footballer.
His words, “Wow. An amazing, outstanding player, lucky to train someone like him.”
“I’ve worked with so many great players at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City but to find someone like him, not scared, defending really good. He needs to be a bit taller, mum and dad didn’t give him much to be taller. Apart from that he has everything.”
Foden added, “I thought he was brilliant today in midfield. Rico has the courage to play at such a young age, and it’s nice to have a Man City academy player on the pitch with me today, so I’m happy for him!”
WOW.
Josep “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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