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That’s not true though is it, football is littered with examples where a club has splurged cash on players (and elite managers) and not won major trophies.
Guardiola got lucky only in the sense that Barcelona took a risk and appointed him, but since then he’s repeated the success he had there in two other leagues. There’s not many managers who’ve achieved that. Of course the money helps, but he’s an era defining coach who has changed how the game is played at the highest level.
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So could Pep have achieved what he’s done if Man City had West Ham’s budget for the last 10 years?
Clearly teams spend fortunes stupidly but it doesn’t change the fact that City have spent one successfully. Take Sheikh Mansour out of the equation and Pep doesn’t touch Man City with a barge pole.
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It’s the worst argument ever
“Could X Do it here”
He’s too good so we will never know. He’s in that place for a reason, see Neuers words on him.
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He went to Bayern Munich when they had a very good team, with no other realistic competition either. Yes he changed their style of football and moved players about, but he was working with a few of the most intelligent players at the time....Thiago, Alonso and Lahm.
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Which kind of proves my point. Elite club uses loads of money to fund elite manager (and players).
It’s fair to ask if another manager would have delivered as much success as Pep at City, but it’s fundamentally about money.