Pep Guardiola has never hidden his love for Barça. A legend of the Barça team as a player and on the bench, who is now the coach of Manchester City He accepted on his return to Italy, where he was interviewed on the program ‘Che Tempo Che Fa’.
In addition to leaving his future in the English team in the air, Guardiola He spoke emphatically about Barca, Leo Messi and Johan Cruyff and the influence they have all had on his work.
“I can’t imagine how my life and my career would have been without Cruyff. He taught me a lot on an intellectual level, but Above all, he made me human. He was smart, special. I started to love football“Guardiola explained during the interview.
Messi and Barca
Speaking of Messi, Pep was very strong. “You have to know it. For me it is easy to say that he is the best player of all time, but the stars gathered at once. The most powerful? Maybe it’s disrespectful to Pelé and Maradona, but for me yes,” the Santpedor player began to say.
“I’ve never seen anyone like this course, you wouldn’t think it would continue for 15-20 years. When you see him up close, you think of Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan: We were lucky to be contemporaries. These characters are the great beauty of Sorrentino: he is the best role of the team, “concluded the coach about the Argentine star.
In addition, Guardiola was asked about the opponent he would not like to face in the Champions League, leaving a clear answer: “Good question. Barcelona, maybe. The love I have for them destroys me. “I was born in a small town nearby, finding each other is not easy.”
