Pep is so special. As a manager he understands, reads the football and the micro football, the little things—why things happen and what the team needs to do to control or create danger. His [Man City] team has been so stable and able to control all the games, and to do that in the Premier League is really difficult. That’s part of his knowledge of the game and his passion. He’s always trying to encourage the team and to transmit that passion. All that knowledge without heart and without passion is not possible. That mix is what makes him so brilliant.
It’s early stages for me in terms of my philosophy but my idea is not so far from what I was as a player. I was a midfielder, I liked to control the game, to understand the game, and that’s what I’m trying to do. I rely on the players but I am trying for them to have that encouragement to understand the game and read what’s going on in the game. That’s my job.
Time will tell what will happen with my managerial career. I am still enjoying being back home, being here, and I just want to focus on here right now.”
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