KingKirk 26,443 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 PEP GUARDIOLA will decide to become Manchester City manager in the summer.Guardiola has opted for City as he is convinced they can become a force to rival his former club Barcelona.The hottest property in world football will snub interest from Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and AC Milan to replace Roberto Mancini at Eastlands at the end of the season.Only last week Guardiola confirmed he is ready to return to coaching this summer after a year-long sabbatical, although he was coy about where.He said: “I will return next season but it would show a lack of respect to talk about any team that has a coach.”However, last night a top source in Spanish football revealed: “It is 100 per cent certain that Guardiola is going to City this summer.“And when I say 100 per cent I don’t mean 99 per cent, I mean 100 per cent!”Mancini appears doomed after two failed Champions League campaigns.Guardiola will be the highest-paid boss in Britain on £10m a year AFTER tax.Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4740888/Pep-Guardiola-snubs-Man-Utd-Chelsea-AC-and-Bayern-for-City.html#ixzz2HrHFbojh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef 436 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Lol he wont be a success imo, anyone would do well at barca if they were barca through and through already, keep the barca players happy and you can't fail, lose a couple of games at city and your tea is already oot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 17,130 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Isn't there a few backroom guys from Barca at City already? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek1872 548 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Mancini must know his time is up. He has done a shite job with the resources he has had. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready1873 3,940 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Would be a big mistake imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 The Sun - nuff said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Barca were great under Guardiola, really great. However, they seem to be even better under Villanova. Given that Pep has never managed anywhere else, I fail to see why he is so in demand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Barca were great under Guardiola, really great. However, they seem to be even better under Villanova. Given that Pep has never managed anywhere else, I fail to see why he is so in demand.Your first sentence answers your last one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Your first sentence answers your last one.Point is, you can't know how much of their quality was down to him. Being drip fed top quality players, non-stop from the academy is not normal. Plus the style of play seems already ingrained in the players. I'm just not convinced Barcelona actually need that much management. He needs to show he can do it elsewhere before people talk about £18m a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,288 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I think it's a risky move because he has only ever managed one club ... I always think you spread the risk if you appoint someone like Hiddink who has been a success all over the world and in many different circumstances Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Point is, you can't know how much of their quality was down to him. Being drip fed top quality players, non-stop from the academy is not normal. Plus the style of play seems already ingrained in the players. I'm just not convinced Barcelona actually need that much management. He needs to show he can do it elsewhere before people talk about £18m a year.He improved Barcelona and brought them lots of success. That is the reason that he will be offered stupid money to manage a top team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 17,130 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 He'll have to get control of a dressing room full of diverse personalities and egos first. quite a change from the club ethos at the Nou Camp.Of course he will be given ridiculous amounts of cash to bring in the type of players he wants but it's still a massive challenge for him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 12,202 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Earlier on SSN he was 8/15 on to join Bayern. I would jizz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Earlier on SSN he was 8/15 on to join Bayern. I would jizz.Has Heynckes intimated that he's retiring? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek1872 548 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Earlier on SSN he was 8/15 on to join Bayern. I would jizz.why? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 12,202 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Has Heynckes intimated that he's retiring?Nope but his contract's up at the end of the season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Nope but his contract's up at the end of the seasonHe's doing a cracking job there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 12,202 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 He's doing a cracking job there.Yup, would definitely be happy if his contract was extended. Even though he didn't win anything last year, reaching the final of the DFB Pokal and Champions League is still a good acheivement, especially the CL. Should have won the CL considering who the opponent was, and by the performance, the the German Cup was Bayern v Dortmund, so pretty 50/50 even if the scoreline was poor.This season really is going brilliantly though, top by a lot of points, scoring tons, conceding hardly any and going strong in all comps and that's with Robben and Gomez missing for most of it and either one of Boateng/Badstuber was always missing as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 25,558 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 not bad for mancini, didnt he sign a new 6 year deal last summer, that must be worth a fucking fortune alone Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,594 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 not bad for mancini, didnt he sign a new 6 year deal last summer, that must be worth a fucking fortune aloneHe doesn't really get that much. Just under £5m a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 12,202 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 According to TZ in Germany, Guardiola's agent was in Munich last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 25,558 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 He doesn't really get that much. Just under £5m a year.30million for failing at your job, aye he'll be heartbroken Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 20,023 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Point is, you can't know how much of their quality was down to him. Being drip fed top quality players, non-stop from the academy is not normal. Plus the style of play seems already ingrained in the players. I'm just not convinced Barcelona actually need that much management. He needs to show he can do it elsewhere before people talk about £18m a year.Aye, remember how they walked the league in Rijkaard's last season? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,860 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sick of clueless idiots saying Guardiola did nothing and was just handed players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 20,023 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sick of clueless idiots saying Guardiola did nothing and was just handed players.He was handed players. He got rid of most of the "best", most experienced and most famous ones, and the team is now largely unrecognisable from the one he inherited Of course, any other manager would be given enormous credit for nurturing the likes of Busquets and Pedro, and for overseeing Messi's development into the best player in the world, and for turning Xavi and Iniesta from two very talented midfielders into THE BEST MIDFIELDERS, and for building a tactical system around them that led to three league titles and two european cups in four seasons, but not Guardiola. Not the Barcelona manager Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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