by Guillem Balague (Author), Guillem Balague (Author)
This fully updated edition of the international bestseller includes Manchester City's incredible 2017-18 league triumph
Pep Guardiola is the most successful and sought-after football coach in the world. After being appointed first-team manager in 2008, he transformed Barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning thirteen trophies in four years, and he won the Double twice in his three years in charge of Bayern Munich. He then faced his biggest challenge yet when he joined Manchester City in 2016: to turn them into a team that consistently wins in the most difficult of leagues and a regular challenger in the Champions League. But in only his second year at the club, he had turned a good side into memorable one, leading them to the Premier League title in record-breaking style . . . and doing it the Guardiola way.
Guillem Balague has followed Pep's career from the outset and has had direct access to the man and his inner circle for this updated edition. This then is the definitive portrait of Pep Guardiola and his relentless pursuit of footballing perfection.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: Updated
Publisher: W&N
Published: 18 Oct 2018
ISBN 10: 1474610536
ISBN 13: 9781474610537
It's a must-read for anyone who's doubted Pep's influence, from handing the power to Barca's homegrown crop to never betraying his childhood romanticism of the game.
* Four Four Two *Guillem Balague is the author of Messi, Barca, Pep Guardiola, A Season on the Brink, Cristiano Ronaldo, which won the Best Football Book of the Year award at the 2016 British Sports Book Awards, and Brave New World. A key fixture of Sky Sports' coverage of Spanish football, he appears regularly both on live match coverage and on the weekly round-up show, Revista de la Liga. He is also the UK Correspondent for AS, the Madrid-based Spanish sports newspaper, and El Larguero, Spain's most popular sports radio show. His work appears regularly in The Times and in Champions magazine, where he writes a regular column on international football.
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