![]() ![]() ![]() You know, like a normal, mere mortal does.įergie has retired, Jose Mourinho has been around everywhere in Europe and his powers are fading. Guardiola is at the very top of his game and – somehow – only appears to be getting better whilst everyone else in the management game appears to go through ebbs and flows. If you’re holding out, waiting for that to become a reality, you’re unfortunately going to be waiting a while. Cold, hard results – behind a laptop screen. No total football, no transfer war chests, no room to hide behind dodgy touchline attire down there. Would like to see how he does on Football Manager with a shoestring budget in the National League North, that’s for sure. How can someone be that good at football management? Makes you sick. He then proved ousting Sir Alex Ferguson in a European final wasn’t a fluke, doing it again two years later. It was worryingly apparent when he burst onto the scene at Barcelona in 2008-09 and led them to a treble in his first season. ![]() The former Barca boss has unlocked new levels, continually adapting his methods and seamlessly tweaking his squad to bring it to its latest, most dangerous iteration – all while sweeping up major honours along the way. Since his 2016 arrival, Guardiola has gone from strength to strength in Manchester. Not only has he now won the second continental treble of his career, he has revolutionised a club who never thought they’d have a chance of winning won, or be the poster example for how other clubs should aim to play football. And Guardiola deserves his flowers for that. Sarcasm and scepticism aside, regardless of how City got there, they did. If you can look passed the – alleged – years of financial inflation, state ownership and rampant spending in order to build a super-team since Pep’s arrival, it really is a dream come true. Pep Guardiola continues to force his way into the conversation of greatest football manager of all time, strengthening his case by leading Manchester City to a historic continental treble. ![]()
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