Former English manager Fabio Capello has launched a breathtaking attack on Pep Guardiola and, among other things, describes the manager of Manchester City Manager “arrogant”.
Capello, who headed Guardiola as a player in the early 2000s during his person responsible for Roma, did not collapse his words when he discussed the modern trainer in the world.
Speak to El MundoThe Italian was astonishingly critical of Guardiola, although he insisted that he had no personal problems with the city leader.
“No, no, not at all. I appreciate Guardiola as a coach, he did wonderful things,” said Capello when he was asked if he was an anti-pep. “I have lived through three revolutions in football, one every 20 years or so: [Johan] Cruyffs Ajax, [Arrigo] Sacchis Milan and Guardiolas Barca. I have no problem saying that. “
Despite these claims, the retired coach of the Champions League quickly changed his melody and explained: “Do you know what I don’t like about Guardiola?
“The Champions League he won with City was the only one in which he tried nothing strange in the decisive games. But every other year in Manchester and Munich he always wanted to be the protagonist.
“He changed things and invented things so that he could say: ‘The players don’t win, I win’. And this arrogance cost him several Champions. I respect him, but I see that clearly. Even though it is no longer his fault, he has caused enormous damage to football.”
Capello, who asked Guardiola about the “enormous damage”, continued and spent ten years to copy him. This ruined Italian football that has lost its nature. I said, “Stop, you don’t have Guardiola’s players!”
“Now in Italian Football the Goalkeeper Plays the Ball! A Disaster and so a bore that scared many people from football, they just have to watch the Highlights. Why are you going to watch 90 minutes of passes and horizontal passes with farthing …? Luckily Football is Changing. [2024] With two wings and play quickly. “
It is unlikely that capeless opinion shared the majority of modern football supporters. Guardiola is still the leading manager in the game despite a difficult campaign from 2024/25 with City.