AMG Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1097662/Juventus-agree-Pep-Guardiola-Man-City-Cristiano-Ronaldo-news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I suppose in some ways, it’s the next natural move for him. He’s managed elite teams in Spain, Germany and England, he’s only got Italy left to tick off from the four major leagues, so a move to Juvents seems a given. He’s played there, although fleetingly, with Brescia so he has some grasp of the league and knowing him, probably the language too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Would be good for English football if he leaves honestly. His managerial brilliance + Man citys money and patience would lead to them generating a Bayern/Barca type grip on the league if he stayed for 5 or so years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 He will coach Ajax one day as well, probably more to the end of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Shock move if it happens, who would City go for then?, Allegri?, Poch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Why not Roma? He's played for them, it's the most beautiful city in Europe and would represent a real challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Gold Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 minute ago, The Artful Dodger said: Why not Roma? He's played for them, it's the most beautiful city in Europe and would represent a real challenge. Answered your own question there, mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 9, 2019 Administrator Share Posted March 9, 2019 Leaving in time for when Man City get hit with a transfer ban... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 hour ago, The Artful Dodger said: Why not Roma? He's played for them, it's the most beautiful city in Europe and would represent a real challenge. It's full of Italians mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I can't see it just yet, definitely not whilst Ronaldo is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Not happening anytime soon, but if it sells papers... @Stan Transfer ban? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 First sign of a challenge and Pep is on his bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Happy Blue said: Not happening anytime soon, but if it sells papers... @Stan Transfer ban? Have you ever had a balder manager than Guardiola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Doesnt specify the summer. Just that hes agreed a 4 year deal. Could be very well 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 25 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said: Have you ever had a balder manager than Guardiola? Interesting question ..is there a balder manager in football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 23 minutes ago, Cicero said: Doesnt specify the summer. Just that hes agreed a 4 year deal. Could be very well 2021 He's got 2 and half season's left with us then anything could happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Happy Blue said: Interesting question ..is there a balder manager in football? It's a question I ponder many an evening with a whisky in hand, I'm struggling for an answer. Ray Wilkins was surely balder but was he ever a proper manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Conte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Cicero said: Conte Klopp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2019 Embarrassing move for Pep if so. He hasn't proved much since he left Barcelona which was his biggest real achievement. Bayern was just easy titles and he didn't win the European cup but okay he proved he can do it outside his home in Barcelona. City win a title or two with unlimited resources and yet to win the European cup but I guess it proves he can win what's perceived as the hardest league at the top level. Going to Juventus would a huge cop out and you can't even argue that it would prove something small. If I was him I'd be bored of winning domestic titles, half the time in second gear. Not a popular opinion but I'd think much more highly of him if he went to an Arsenal/Napoli/Roma/Lyon/Dortmund type club and won one title in the next 4 year's or so than if he goes to Juventus and wins a couple of Italian titles before moving onto PSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Embarrassing move for Pep if so. It's not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Embarrassing move for Pep if so. He hasn't proved much since he left Barcelona which was his biggest real achievement. Bayern was just easy titles and he didn't win the European cup but okay he proved he can do it outside his home in Barcelona. City win a title or two with unlimited resources and yet to win the European cup but I guess it proves he can win what's perceived as the hardest league at the top level. Going to Juventus would a huge cop out and you can't even argue that it would prove something small. If I was him I'd be bored of winning domestic titles, half the time in second gear. Not a popular opinion but I'd think much more highly of him if he went to an Arsenal/Napoli/Roma/Lyon/Dortmund type club and won one title in the next 4 year's or so than if he goes to Juventus and wins a couple of Italian titles before moving onto PSG. Really? He takes strong teams with huge player personalities, guts them, introduces his own philosophy, and improves their results. How is that not impressive? Who else can go to the best team in Germany, tell them they doing it wrong and have the players follow him? Last time Brian Clough tried that he was sacked in two weeks. Just need to take a look at Chelsea or Manchester United, what manager has upended the current club philosophy, and planted their own identity on it? Their is more to measuring the success of Pep Guardiola than just CL success, even Fergie only won it twice in his career. Yeah, everyone wants the fairytale of Pep Guardiola turning no-name team #17 into Barcelona but I doubt that is even possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Spike said: Really? He takes strong teams with huge player personalities, guts them, introduces his own philosophy, and improves their results. How is that not impressive? Who else can go to the best team in Germany, tell them they doing it wrong and have the players follow him? Last time Brian Clough tried that he was sacked in two weeks. Just need to take a look at Chelsea or Manchester United, what manager has upended the current club philosophy, and planted their own identity on it? Their is more to measuring the success of Pep Guardiola than just CL success, even Fergie only won it twice in his career. Yeah, everyone wants the fairytale of Pep Guardiola turning no-name team #17 into Barcelona but I doubt that is even possible. I'm not suggesting he takes over at Tranmere and we expect him to win the Champions League in 5 seasons. It's not unreasonable to suggest that he'd prove more by taking over a nearly elite club and making that difference to turn them into title winners like Klopp at Dortmund and potentially Liverpool, Jardim at Monaco, Mourinho at Chelsea the first time, and countless other examples. I'm not going to be one of those nonces that calls Pep a fraud and a chequebook manager, but there's only so much credit I'm willing to give someone who always wins when they start off in front. You could argue that taking the Bayern and Man City jobs represented a new challenge for him with it being a new country for Bayern and the apparent top league in the world for City, but going to Italy is just meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Spike said: Really? He takes strong teams with huge player personalities, guts them, introduces his own philosophy, and improves their results. How is that not impressive? Who else can go to the best team in Germany, tell them they doing it wrong and have the players follow him? Last time Brian Clough tried that he was sacked in two weeks. Just need to take a look at Chelsea or Manchester United, what manager has upended the current club philosophy, and planted their own identity on it? Their is more to measuring the success of Pep Guardiola than just CL success, even Fergie only won it twice in his career. Yeah, everyone wants the fairytale of Pep Guardiola turning no-name team #17 into Barcelona but I doubt that is even possible. Bayern won the treble the year before he joined and for me were absolutely blistering that year. Pep won by playing a different way. City he's improved greatly and definitely cemented their more tenuous grip on being title favorites every year but I'd still class it as a fairly safe achievement given their resources. He's still one of the best in the game but if he broke a multi decade drought at arsenal or liverpool, or put a 6th place United back to the top it would be another level in terms of respect gained and where it would put him amongst the all time greats. Going to Juve would be like going to Celtic. They already have a huge lead over the rivals so the potential for improvement is limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Probably why the coward didnt want to manage Arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.