He'll get bored and miss fighting with Mourinho.Maldeika said:I have read so much about people that want Guardiola here as a coach...
I just want to give you a piece of the book Perarnau, who wrote a book about Pep at Bayern, said...
The way Bayern support him is remarkable. Pep is less in charge than he was at Barcelona. Here he’s just the coach, but instead of making him feel uncomfortable, this ‘lesser’ role has been a liberation. His friend, Xavier Sala i Martín, puts it like this: ‘The burnout factor for Pep in Munich is less than at Barcelona because there he had to step into roles which shouldn’t really have been his, due to the lack of leadership there. There were moments when he seemed almost to be the president of Catalunya, the coach of FC Barcelona and the club spokesman. He had to fight accusations of doping, battle Mourinho and deal with UEFA. His work in Munich is much more normal.’
Pep loves his players’ immediate pre-disposition to hard work, the care with which Markus Hörwick prepares the press conferences, the minute detail to which team delegate Kathleen Krüger dedicates herself, the affability with which Hermann Gerland is teaching him about the variety of characteristics the Bundesliga exhibits, the outright passion of Matthias Sammer…
Germany is moulding Pep, who now seems more open, more serene, more disposed to new initiatives with every passing day. He’s not just conceding interviews to the club magazine and television station, but happily lends himself to some of Bayern’s publicity drives. He knows that the business of transfer policy is taken care of in the offices of Rummenigge and Hoeness and he’s just fine with that. ‘Here I’m the coach, full stop, which is very different from Barça. I coach the players, I try to drive the team towards the best results and I’ve got Sammer’s support, which is very important. He’s the key.’
I do not think that Guardiola will leave Bayern that early. He just started. And it is a nearly perfect work environment he has - more than he had it in Barcelona. Money ain't the most important factor - every club who wants to engage him would pay a lot. But I cannot imagine a team that is more ideal for his tactics or a better work environment right now.
Maldeika said:I have read so much about people that want Guardiola here as a coach...
I just want to give you a piece of the book Perarnau, who wrote a book about Pep at Bayern, said...
The way Bayern support him is remarkable. Pep is less in charge than he was at Barcelona. Here he’s just the coach, but instead of making him feel uncomfortable, this ‘lesser’ role has been a liberation. His friend, Xavier Sala i Martín, puts it like this: ‘The burnout factor for Pep in Munich is less than at Barcelona because there he had to step into roles which shouldn’t really have been his, due to the lack of leadership there. There were moments when he seemed almost to be the president of Catalunya, the coach of FC Barcelona and the club spokesman. He had to fight accusations of doping, battle Mourinho and deal with UEFA. His work in Munich is much more normal.’
Pep loves his players’ immediate pre-disposition to hard work, the care with which Markus Hörwick prepares the press conferences, the minute detail to which team delegate Kathleen Krüger dedicates herself, the affability with which Hermann Gerland is teaching him about the variety of characteristics the Bundesliga exhibits, the outright passion of Matthias Sammer…
Germany is moulding Pep, who now seems more open, more serene, more disposed to new initiatives with every passing day. He’s not just conceding interviews to the club magazine and television station, but happily lends himself to some of Bayern’s publicity drives. He knows that the business of transfer policy is taken care of in the offices of Rummenigge and Hoeness and he’s just fine with that. ‘Here I’m the coach, full stop, which is very different from Barça. I coach the players, I try to drive the team towards the best results and I’ve got Sammer’s support, which is very important. He’s the key.’
I do not think that Guardiola will leave Bayern that early. He just started. And it is a nearly perfect work environment he has - more than he had it in Barcelona. Money ain't the most important factor - every club who wants to engage him would pay a lot. But I cannot imagine a team that is more ideal for his tactics or a better work environment right now.
Mister Appointment said:Maldeika said:I have read so much about people that want Guardiola here as a coach...
I just want to give you a piece of the book Perarnau, who wrote a book about Pep at Bayern, said...
The way Bayern support him is remarkable. Pep is less in charge than he was at Barcelona. Here he’s just the coach, but instead of making him feel uncomfortable, this ‘lesser’ role has been a liberation. His friend, Xavier Sala i Martín, puts it like this: ‘The burnout factor for Pep in Munich is less than at Barcelona because there he had to step into roles which shouldn’t really have been his, due to the lack of leadership there. There were moments when he seemed almost to be the president of Catalunya, the coach of FC Barcelona and the club spokesman. He had to fight accusations of doping, battle Mourinho and deal with UEFA. His work in Munich is much more normal.’
Pep loves his players’ immediate pre-disposition to hard work, the care with which Markus Hörwick prepares the press conferences, the minute detail to which team delegate Kathleen Krüger dedicates herself, the affability with which Hermann Gerland is teaching him about the variety of characteristics the Bundesliga exhibits, the outright passion of Matthias Sammer…
Germany is moulding Pep, who now seems more open, more serene, more disposed to new initiatives with every passing day. He’s not just conceding interviews to the club magazine and television station, but happily lends himself to some of Bayern’s publicity drives. He knows that the business of transfer policy is taken care of in the offices of Rummenigge and Hoeness and he’s just fine with that. ‘Here I’m the coach, full stop, which is very different from Barça. I coach the players, I try to drive the team towards the best results and I’ve got Sammer’s support, which is very important. He’s the key.’
I do not think that Guardiola will leave Bayern that early. He just started. And it is a nearly perfect work environment he has - more than he had it in Barcelona. Money ain't the most important factor - every club who wants to engage him would pay a lot. But I cannot imagine a team that is more ideal for his tactics or a better work environment right now.
It's a fair point of view that Maldeika. I also think when I see his team and his work in Bayern that it's hard to imagine him walking away before his contract is up as a bare minimum. I guess the only question mark is over the competitiveness of the league. If he's won it again by mid March or whenever it was over as a competition last season, I wonder if that might make him question how long he'll stay.
Having said that i wonder whether even when he does leave Bayern, he has the desire to cross swords with Mourinho again.
OB1 said:Maybe Pep has or will change his mind about England but my understanding is that he learnt English some years ago because he wanted to work in England, eventually.
I would expect that all the things he is enjoying about working in Munich are being fed to Txiki on a regular basis.
Neville Kneville said:Worried about Mourinho ?
I'm assuming that's a joke.