Manchester City’s boss, Pep Guardiola, insists that he is not a genius and partially attributes his sparkling coaching career to be just in the right place.
Guardiola was the most prosperous coach of his generation, winning league titles in Spain, Germany and England as well as in Champions League three times.
He is also recognized for having revolutionized the game with most of the teams through Europe now imitating his favorite playing style.
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The Catalan, however, rejected the allegations which gave it high status.
In an interview with Reuters, the 54-year-old said, “Do you think I feel special because I won a lot of titles? No! Forget that!
“I think the doctor is special who saves lives. People who invented penicillin. It is a genius. Me? Genius? Come on.”
Of course, I’m good – Guardiola
Guardiola criticisms underline the fact that he has always had the chance to supervise already good teams.
His first job was in Barcelona, where he undoubtedly managed the greatest player of all time in Lionel Messi, before taking over at Bayern Munich, the dominant club in Germany.
He moved to City in 2016 and built an empire at the rear of the wealth of the owners of Abu Dhabi of the club.
Guardiola accepts this argument, to a certain extent, and says that his success could have been reproduced by other coaches if he had the same resources.
He added: “I don’t want to pretend to be humble: of course, I’m fine! I prove that for many years, I am well …
“But the success I had, I was chosen. At certain times, to direct Lionel Messi and the others, to be in this type of place where I made incredible teams … But other managers, at the right time, in this position, maybe they could have done the same.”
Guardiola admits: I choose to have a stressful life
The City race of four successive first League titles ended last season, during which Guardiola Cut a frustrated silhouette and was seen with self-inflicted stripes on the head with more than one opportunity.
He was under the spotlight, as a player or coach, during the best of 35 years, but insists that he would not have otherwise.
“Stress is still there because you are judged every day, but that’s what it is,” he said.
“No one has put a gun at my head, forcing myself to choose this work. I chose this … There is no professional in football that wins all the time, because it is simply impossible. So, it happened last season … You accept it, you improve, learn and there will be good learnings for the future.”
