The Spanish technical director Pep Guardiola praised the work of his former pupil and now FC Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernández, assuring that the Catalan team has a “great coach, who knows the house, who knows how this invention is going and who has won LaLiga , the most important trophy”.
“Hopefully I will be many, many, many years at Barça. And when Xavi decides that his stage is over, Busi will come or the other will come. They are stages”, said Guardiola in a press conference prior to the Puma Legends Trophy, a golf tournament that is sponsored by DT himself.
The coach who achieved the triplet with Manchester City, winning the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League, referred to the situation of the German Ilkay Gundogan, assuring that he is aware that Barcelona is “very interested” in the signing of the midfielder whose contract with the Citizens ends on June 30. “We fight to keep him with us. I know that Barcelona wants him and I know that Xavi has called him many times. If he signs, I will tell him that he will have a great time, ”Guardiola said of Gundogan.
The situation of Barcelona “is a problem” of the team
Referring to the financial situation of the club with which he won that legendary sextet in the 2009 season, Guardiola indicated that “it seems to be the fault of other teams, but if 400 million were spent for three players, it is not a problem for City or PSG . It is a Barça problem. Or of the managers who were there before and generated this situation”.
In this sense, the Catalan coach assured that the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, “makes a titanic effort. He has renewed the team and has won the League. All the credit and thanks to him (…) The partners have chosen him and he is not doing it badly”.
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