Pep brides

Pep Guardiola is a coach only. For me the best I've seen in my life, not for so many people who know football, or more, than me. Among those who doubt him are a small group of detractors and skeptics largest bloc. The latter argue that to assess its true dimension as coach have to see what gets done in other clubs. A requirement that has not has as in, for example, Alex Ferguson, when highlight it as one of the best coaches in the last quarter century, just as membership of a club not only prevented us to consider Raul Paolo Maldini Gonzalez as cracks or global (and legendary), or, today, Casillas, Puyol, Xavi, Giggs, Scholes, etc ...

Four successful seasons at FC Barcelona, ​​the club of his life, which became the world reference after achieving what has never before achieved: winning the six major titles Flip (League, Cup and Spanish Super Cup, Champions, European Super Cup and Club World Cup), a record which, to make matters worse, reached in his first two seasons coaching elite. On aggregate: 14 of 19 possible titles, including three league titles and two Champions. Now, after a gap year has passed farthest football is about to decide which club will sit on the bench. Brides no shortage.

Manchester United

One of the most attractive options that are presented to Guardiola is taking charge of Manchester United. One possibility entirely conditional on Alex Ferguson Boot Room decides to leave Old Trafford, a throne he has held since 1986. Pep has announced that next season training again, so if Sir Alex decides to extend his reign one or two more seasons, Guardiola will close that door for at least one more cycle sport.

Accepting the possibility that the position of manager of the Red Devils is available, I have no doubt that this will be one of the preferences of Guardiola. A historic club, stable, serious, used to winning but also to trust a technician but no results accompany a season or two. There the pros. As cons must take into account that the current workforce lacks a United midfield that can adapt to the style guardiolista, forcing us to look at the investment capacity of the club. And in this field, it seems that United has the economic power to make a major transformation of its workforce in a single summer.

Chelsea FC

It seems beyond doubt that the wayward and ignorant (footballing terms) Roman Abramovich baby winds by Guardiola. Several British media talk about a range of astronomical: over 60 million over three years. The Chelsea FC is presented as an antagonistic to the first option to highlight. Guardiola certainly pose an absolute revolution in the template and I dare say the first teach them the exit door would be the two captains: John Terry and Frank Lampard. Keeping beens would not be an option for coach Guardiola.

So money and presidential support for renewing the feet to the head would be missing the blues no. But I find it hard to believe that Guardiola is to feel comfortable in a club that completely lacks a clear structure and moves to hit book, pushed by the winds blowing in the ears of Abramovich. For me it is an option ruled out.

Manchester City

It is virtually impossible today a rumor comes in mind is not the name of Manchester City, do not care to talk about a player or a coach. So, how could it be otherwise, everyone puts Citizens as one of the clubs chasing the signing of Pep Guardiola. The money would be no problem. Sheikh Mansour sure you would be willing to sell a couple of his yachts to pay an astronomical salary to a double champion Champions. Joking aside, the investment capacity of the City is beyond doubt: for any request Guardiola, money would be no problem.

But the key to an alleged signing of Pep by sky blues is in two former managers of FC Barcelona who now work in Manchester (and they get very nervous current Barca president, Sandro Rosell). Ferran Soriano, financial vice-president of the entity Barca between 2003 and 2008, and Txiki Beguiristain, sports director from 2003 to 2010. The presence of these two former "bosses" Guardiola give the City an asset with no other suitors.

However, the lack of a steady course in a club that knows only advance petrodollar pace does not seem to be a very attractive option for the Santpedor. Of course, you may want Guardiola precisely what is going into a club where you have to start building a project that has absolutely. But I do not see: Guardiola does not seem to be of those who get in shirts chew.

AC Milan

The option of AC Milan seems to me the least likely. For starters, listen to Berlusconi say Guardiola admires him made me choke with laughter with my own saliva. How's a guy with integrity Pep to feel the slightest respect for corrupt and perverted boss ...? However, I leave a very small percentage of probability for a reason: the attractive, almost fascinated, that Milan produced in many members of the generation of Guardiola, who enjoyed (and suffered) to this wonderful team of the 90s.

Bayern Munich

I finally left the club, from my point of view, is closer to the profile Guardiola. The club Bayern Munich is the most serious of all that we have been reviewing, even over Manchester United (from which we must not forget that it is driven by foreign capital). In fact, I think there is no elite club in Europe that can say that is handled with more formality and sense that the Bavarians. Prudence and solvency with Bayern acting is something worth noting: remember, for example, restraint with which he acted before spending 40 million in Javi Martinez, consulting partners and committee approval mediantes control.

In terms of economics, Bayern is a club with a fully controlled debt and considerable spending power. Not surprisingly, hardly a year that are not serviced by several of the players of the Bundesliga (especially whenever you do not win).

In sporting terms, the only one of the possible brides Pep having a template that, man for man, can be considered better than Bayern is Manchester City. However, the difference is that Guardiola will want to coach a team, not a collection of cards. So back to the same thing: it can give Bayern a solid project in sports with a foundation securely seated. It is, without doubt, the computer on which you would change fewer parts to start it working under his baton.

One aspect to consider is that Bayern is the only one of his girlfriends has a structure that nurtures quarry of players to the first team. Clearly, the case is quite extraordinary Barca in this field and Guardiola will be the first not wait to have a starting lineup full of homegrown players in his next club, but the presence of home-grown players is a clear sign of good a health club.

In this sense, as we said, Bayern takes the cake. His first team has seven homegrown (Weihrauch, Müller, Content, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Kroos and Can), most regular starters or indisputable. The United has three (Giggs, Scholes and Fletcher), the first two near retirement. Milan, two (De Carmona Sciglio and Spanish). The Chelsea, two also (Terry and Bertrand). The City, only one (Richards). This is not to say that Pep will rule out a team that barely count on homegrown, but it sure is something that will account for the reason discussed at the end of the previous paragraph.

Jose Mourinho, his nemesis

The probable departure of Jose Mourinho Real Madrid this summer may cause a repeat of the rivalry between the Portuguese and Guardiola if both end up calling in the same league. What Pep feel? Would you put it back to face his nemesis in command of two new armies? Or, conversely, prefer to avoid having to share the day to day, competitive and media, with Mourinho? It makes me in the nose, in the purely athletic, Guardiola will be looking forward to face to face with his nemesis, but considering everything that surrounds and somewhat unclean football, I have the feeling that Guardiola rather be farther better the Portuguese coach.

To what extent can influence the decision of Guardiola, do not know. Did not think much. However, Guardiola will have made ​​its decision before the expected output formalize Mourinho White House, and possibly the one with the option to choose whether or not to match the League itself will have the self The Only One.