Guardiola to leave Barcelona

[Ollie 4,400]

AVB would be epic there lmao but they won't go for him, they'll probably go for another ex player like Luis Enrique. I'm not surprised he's going tho, he's done everything and he's made the club he loves, the best club in the world any they've dominated everything. I can't even ever see him coming back, he's done the lot. He can put his feet up now and just enjoy life.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

He's taking a year out anyho...but with Chelsea no doubt by the time thats over we'll be on the look out for a new manager...

[communicate 2,703]

I am not sure he is a good fit for chelsea but not many team can say that they have a winning attacking team and that is a system that most if not all big team owners want.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

He's taking a year out anyho...but with Chelsea no doubt by the time thats over we'll be on the look out for a new manager...

Yeah I think that will be the best for everyone.

Let Mourinho continue at Madrid, Pep to take a year of, and for us to continue with RDM.

RDM deserves at least a full season, despite if we loose both finals and miss on top 4.

I at least want to say we gave RDM the proper chance. If after one season we are not convince of his work, then bring on Guardiola.

But that might be too complicated for the board to understand.....

[bababoom 4,478]

I think Marco Bielsa will be the next Barcelona manager, seeing that Pep is a big fan of his and so is Sanchez and Messi.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

I think Marco Bielsa will be the next Barcelona manager, seeing that Pep is a big fan of his and so is Sanchez and Messi.

Well if Bielsa goes to Barcelona, sorry talkchelsea.net and all the anti Barcelona fans, but I will be rooting for Barcelona in the league as long as Bielsa is there like I did with Bilbao!

[LDN Blue 7,903]

So has RAWK started a 'Guardiola to Liverpool' thread yet?

[Shogun 721]

So has RAWK started a 'Guardiola to Liverpool' thread yet?

I just came to this thread to post the same thing!

They'll talk about winning the champions league next year even though they aren't in it if they signed him.

Cunts.

[The Big Drog 1,110]

A coach who will go down in the history books as one of Barcelona's finest ever managers and the man who created and led, arguably, the greatest team in the history of the game.

So often you see people downplay his importance to what Barcelona have achieved during his tenure as manager. You hear ridiculous comments all the time like "I could manage Barcelona" in reality I don't think anybody else could have done the job Guardiola did. To take them from where they were, broken, divided and almost lost at the end of Rijkaard's reign, to the very heights of the world game, winning everything you can win.

Real football fans know all of the obvious things Guardiola brought to Barcelona. The intense pressing game (absolutely pivotal in their success), the higher emphasis on possession of the ball, the promotion of youth players to the first team squad (to great success), the most fluid systems football has ever seen, the decision to play Messi as a false number 9, the inspiration and confidence he gave to players like Xavi and Fabregas who idolize him. The man revolutionized football, changed the way the game is played at the highest level, when history is told his impact on the club will be seen as every bit as significant as Johan Cruyff's. Lionel Messi may be the greatest player ever but Pep Guardiola is the most important man at Barcelona.

So when you see comments like the ones above, with Chelsea fans saying they don't want him at our club, it's ridiculous. It would be an absolute honor to have him at the club, the same applies to any club he chooses to go to. Anyway it is a mute point, he has said he will take a break from football and has rejected the possibility of joining Chelsea in the Summer. That being said, were he to ever become the manager of Chelsea (unlikely) I would treat it as an honor, not as though we were signing some second rate car salesman to lead our team.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

A coach who will go down in the history books as one of Barcelona's finest ever managers and the man who created and led, arguably, the greatest team in the history of the game.

So often you see people downplay his importance to what Barcelona have achieved during his tenure as manager. You hear ridiculous comments all the time like "I could manage Barcelona" in reality I don't think anybody else could have done the job Guardiola did. To take them from where they were, broken, divided and almost lost at the end of Rijkaard's reign, to the very heights of the world game, winning everything you can win.

Real football fans know all of the obvious things Guardiola brought to Barcelona. The intense pressing game (absolutely pivotal in their success), the higher emphasis on possession of the ball, the promotion of youth players to the first team squad (to great success), the most fluid systems football has ever seen, the decision to play Messi as a false number 9, the inspiration and confidence he gave to players like Xavi and Fabregas who idolize him. The man revolutionized football, changed the way the game is played at the highest level, when history is told his impact on the club will be seen as every bit as significant as Johan Cruyff's. Lionel Messi may be the greatest player ever but Pep Guardiola is the most important man at Barcelona.

So when you see comments like the ones above, with Chelsea fans saying they don't want him at our club, it's ridiculous. It would be an absolute honor to have him at the club, the same applies to any club he chooses to go to. Anyway it is a mute point, he has said he will take a break from football and has rejected the possibility of joining Chelsea in the Summer. That being said, were he to ever become the manager of Chelsea (unlikely) I would treat it as an honor, not as though we were signing some second rate car salesman to lead our team.

Good read, but the thing that worries me is that Pep might be an AVB part 2!

Same philosophy, but AVB did not had the players he had at Porto or Pep at Barcelona.

[capriccioso 2,545]

A coach who will go down in the history books as one of Barcelona's finest ever managers and the man who created and led, arguably, the greatest team in the history of the game.

So often you see people downplay his importance to what Barcelona have achieved during his tenure as manager. You hear ridiculous comments all the time like "I could manage Barcelona" in reality I don't think anybody else could have done the job Guardiola did. To take them from where they were, broken, divided and almost lost at the end of Rijkaard's reign, to the very heights of the world game, winning everything you can win.

Real football fans know all of the obvious things Guardiola brought to Barcelona. The intense pressing game (absolutely pivotal in their success), the higher emphasis on possession of the ball, the promotion of youth players to the first team squad (to great success), the most fluid systems football has ever seen, the decision to play Messi as a false number 9, the inspiration and confidence he gave to players like Xavi and Fabregas who idolize him. The man revolutionized football, changed the way the game is played at the highest level, when history is told his impact on the club will be seen as every bit as significant as Johan Cruyff's. Lionel Messi may be the greatest player ever but Pep Guardiola is the most important man at Barcelona.

So when you see comments like the ones above, with Chelsea fans saying they don't want him at our club, it's ridiculous. It would be an absolute honor to have him at the club, the same applies to any club he chooses to go to. Anyway it is a mute point, he has said he will take a break from football and has rejected the possibility of joining Chelsea in the Summer. That being said, were he to ever become the manager of Chelsea (unlikely) I would treat it as an honor, not as though we were signing some second rate car salesman to lead our team.

We don't want him for a reason. I can't see John Terry et al being delighted when the high line is re-explained to them. His ideology does not match our current crop of players, and he'll inevitably be AVB'd out of the club, with a huge payout. No thanks, he can stay in Spain or perhaps replace Sir Alex Ferguson.

[OReillyD36 311]

Can see him becoming Spain boss after del Bosque, maybe just before the world cup qualifiers start in September.

[Shogun 721]

there's a bit of a difference coaching at club level and international level though. Will he be content competing for one trophy every 2 years and playing 12 games (non tournement) a year?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I just came to this thread to post the same thing!

They'll talk about winning the champions league next year even though they aren't in it if they signed him.

Cunts.

LMAO knowing them, they would probably ask UEFA for special treatment because they have a CL winning coach and Dalglish LMAO. Fools.

[diskoviolente 425]

He said it before that he is going to take a break from the game. And fair play to him. He looked so tired and stressed out the whole season. He said before that three years at Barcelona wears one out mentaly and physicly. I´d like to see him here but not with our key players we have at the moment. I´d rather see RDM for the next year, a full season, one big summersale (of which i am not completely convinced it will happen with RDM) and a few new transfers.

[Spike 12,049]

there's a bit of a difference coaching at club level and international level though. Will he be content competing for one trophy every 2 years and playing 12 games (non tournement) a year?

I'm pretty sure he would love coaching an International team for a couple of years. Guardiola has said numrous times the stress is incredible and attributes the stress to his balding.

[Sheva. 5,373]

So when you see comments like the ones above, with Chelsea fans saying they don't want him at our club, it's ridiculous. It would be an absolute honor to have him at the club, the same applies to any club he chooses to go to. Anyway it is a mute point, he has said he will take a break from football and has rejected the possibility of joining Chelsea in the Summer. That being said, were he to ever become the manager of Chelsea (unlikely) I would treat it as an honor, not as though we were signing some second rate car salesman to lead our team.

A manager is only as good as his squad. Put any decent manager in charge of Barca and i'm sure he will win a couple titles.

He probably won't even need to spend 260m like Guardiola.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

People are very unfair on Guardiola, saying he has actually underachieved with the squad he has, and that with those players you don't need a lot of management quality. Untrue, the best teams are the hardest to manage just because of one very simple factor - the pressure.

[Sheva. 5,373]

People are very unfair on Guardiola, saying he has actually underachieved with the squad he has, and that with those players you don't need a lot of management quality. Untrue, the best teams are the hardest to manage just because of one very simple factor - the pressure.

Easier to handle pressure with 63 goal Messi on your team

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