Each Barça executives who received their first Champions League in 1992, Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola remained very shut. Having change into coaches after their respective careers, the previous Blaugranas have crossed paths greater than as soon as. On the microphones of Sky Sports activities (reported by Manchester Night Information), the previous Dutch defender didn’t cover his admiration for the Catalan tactician

“Pep is an excellent buddy and even final season when Metropolis performed in opposition to Liverpool we had dinner collectively after the sport. Even then he was speaking about soccer, soccer. He’s loopy about soccer. How can he deal with this for a very long time? That’s a variety of vitality. For the gamers to have a supervisor like Pep, with that vitality, it’s good. The way in which he does issues, he tries to vary the soccer. It’s all about motion, more often than not with the ball. For that motive, I feel it’s a pleasure for each participant to have Pep as a coach.”