Couldn't agree more.
BBC: Pep Guardiola wants to coach in England
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Another interesting quote from the conference at the training ground: "The fact that some say without Champions League makes my time here imperfect, I understand that. But the Champions League is not easy to win. For me the important thing is to help my players and to make them better. But in three Bundesliga seasons only one defeat, that's great. I'll be just a small part of the history of this club. It's the players that I want to impress"
He has won a lot but he's been pretty lucky to have inherited the two sides he has managed. If ourselves and Chelsea could sort our shit out he wouldn't have such an easy job at City.
The question is, do the United board even want him even if Pep wants to come to us? I'm not convinced our board know what they are doing football wise.
Its odd that he would come out and just say that he wants to go to England next. My guess is that since we havent hired Mourinho yet it means that Ed would like to bring in Pep but I cant see it happening tbh. I think City, Chelsea and even Arsenal have a better chance of getting him.
Give it two weeks...
Also from sport1.de website, running commentary on the conference: A questioner remarks that many trainers had already failed at the Premier League challenge. Guardiola's response: "That's why I want to do that, it is also not easy to take over a team after winning the Triples. I would like to stay six years here, but I need new challenges, new stages, new players, new fans..." Interesting, huh?
Most likely (and hopefully as well) we talk to several managers that we find interesting. We're in touch with Mourinho, Pep, Simeone and whoever else could be on our shortlist and then we work on the priorities. This is why we wont appoint anyone anytime soon either
He's not exactly going to announce who he's moving to with months left in the season, cause it'd be harsh on the managers still in position - whom they can't boot out til the end of the season when Pep's available.
I really do hope it's us. I'd be happy keeping Louis until the end of the season, I just hope he gets into the top 4 again.
I really do hope it's us. I'd be happy keeping Louis until the end of the season, I just hope he gets into the top 4 again.
+++ 13.52 clock: Money Never crucial for England decision +++
"I like getting to know new cities with new restaurants, new people, new stadiums. That's the only reason … I want to experience the atmosphere, their stadiums, the emotions. Why England? Right now that's my feeling. I have the opportunity to go to England and get the feeling that now is the right moment."
Why does he keep going on about the stadium?
"I like getting to know new cities with new restaurants, new people, new stadiums. That's the only reason … I want to experience the atmosphere, their stadiums, the emotions. Why England? Right now that's my feeling. I have the opportunity to go to England and get the feeling that now is the right moment."
Why does he keep going on about the stadium?
It reminds me of Hazard dropping hints on Twitter and all the transfer muppets were trying to decode each one.
I very much doubt this. Board are absolutely delighted with van Gaal by the looks of it, almost as delighted as van Gaal has been with himself and the first half performance against Swansea so I doubt we'd go behind his back to approach Pep.
Agreed but van Gaal has to go in the summer we cant miss out on a young top class manager again.
I don't understand posts like these. Why would he want to go to a club like Chelsea ahead of us (assuming we're in for him)?
Chances are that they won't offer any European football next season and they're not exactly a club renowned for patience with managers.
City are expanding, after all.
Chelsea could very well win the FA Cup considering their record in the competition and that would grant them a place in Europa League, a competition we could be playing in next year too.
You should ask Gary Neville to give him a tour of Old Trafford.
What does he mean by this @Balu/ German speaking posters?
1 - Chelsea have a more established squad than we do regardless of their position in the league and going by the trend Pep seems to prefer more established teams.
2 - You're right in that he would definitely want to play european football but thats not guaranteed for us this season. I know its really difficult for Chelsea to reach the CL but not impossible, if some United fans still believe we can win the title then Chelsea can theoretically get 4th place too.
The reason for my pessimism is that I dont trust the hierarchy at United tbf, in an ideal world we should be going all out for Pep or Mourinho and make sure we get one of them.
This is a myth. Pep was appointed by Barca eight years after LVG left (six if you count his brief second spell where he didn't do much of note).
I think this is going one of two ways.
Either Pep's all sorted with City and they just aren't announcing it in case Pellegrini implodes their title challenge.
Or the suggestions that Pep does fancy United are true and he's hoping we make top 4 with a half decent squad that he can work with.
Either Pep's all sorted with City and they just aren't announcing it in case Pellegrini implodes their title challenge.
Or the suggestions that Pep does fancy United are true and he's hoping we make top 4 with a half decent squad that he can work with.
My understanding was the feeling about Pep following on from LvG was that LvG instituted a new "philosophy" at Barca, Pep took this on with the youth teama nd then carried it through when he took over the full team.
Could be wrong though, thats just what iv always assumed based on what iv heard.
I'd like to see how City dress up the Pellegrini sacking if he wins the league.
I've no idea.
While I would obviously like us to get Guardiola I can't understand how people will hold it against Mourinho to only last 3/4 seasons at a club when Pep does the same thing.
I think it's more anti United than anything else, I don't think anyone would call this place a supporters forum any more(Although the youth forum is still well worth reading).
The best people to talk about United on here now are normally opposition fans.
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True, but tbh they go about it in totally different ways.
Seems like a decent bloke, even if he's dull as dishwater. Won't get hardly any coverage, and he'll be forgotten fairly quickly because everyone will be drooling over Pep.
"...Aber in drei Bundesliga-Hinrunden nur eine Niederlage, das ist top..." I know they lost quite a few matches, so maybe I am not translating it right...? He doesn't mean home games or something?
I was making my point on the assumption that we'd get top 4 as I don't think Pep would even consider a team that wasn't in the Champions League. But even in that situation, I don't think that would make Chelsea a more attractive proposition.
I agree with you in regards to City and Arsenal though (if Wenger were to step down) and I don't have much faith in the board either.
He means the first half of the season ('Hinrunde' in German). 1 loss in those 51 matches is correct.
Oh, that makes sense. I haven't read the original quotes in German yet, so didn't know that they translated it wrongly into English. The 'Hinrunde' is the first half of the season in the Bundesliga, the first 17 games before the winterbreak. And he went the first 17 games unbeaten in his first two seasons and only lost once this season. It's a really meaningless stat in the grand scheme of things though.
In a world where Jamie f*cking Vardy has the record for the most times scored in consecutive games, anything is possible. Giggs could turn out to be quite good.
But he was totally explicit that he has not made a decision. This guy says: "Decision on MCFC not yet done. There are multiple offers #GuardiolaFCBayern"
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Its very easy to criticize LvG just because things aren't working out for him. If they were people would be happy to recognize that he played a big part in how Barca and Bayern have come to play more recently. It may have taken Rijkaard and Jupp to tweak what LvG had done to bring success, and Pep more after that but you cannot deny that LvG laid a foundation. So what it took 8 years? It's called a philosophy for a reason and it takes time. Sir Alex did not implement his idea of football within the first couple of years, did he? Overlooking LvG's part is just myopic. I don't think that's it's any coincidence that Pep took over those clubs as the second manager after LvG. Yes, things are not working out here but let's give him the credit that he deserves and stop calling his work a myth.
Ah, thanks guys, I was reading 'Hinrunde' as season. Mea culpa.
The original German is here: http://www.sport1.de/fussball/bunde...ep-guardiola-vor-trainingslager-des-fc-bayern
Definitely worth of a close reading.
And whom are they going to fill it with?
Will playing in the Champions League be important to Pep? You'd have to think so, and I'd say that it was highly unlikely that we are going to be in it next season. Unfortunately, all signs point to City. Although Arsenal could be dark horses should they win the title this season and Wenger decides to give it all up. If experiencing a new City is important then London is going to be a much more attractive proposition than Manchester.