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[QU!K]

I imagine he's leaving for more money

And masking the fact he can't win the CL with a top 3 club in the world

So he's choosing to switch it up and win EPL trophies cause it will give him more recognition even if he doesn't win anymore CL

 

[rolaholic]

Pep,according to his biography, is a big lover of footy tradition/history though . That's one of the reasons he chose Bayern even when he had a shot at Chelsea's job at the same time

 

[nomadicsole21]

same thing i thought. what would going to city prove?
i see what you're saying but Bayern and city are two different clubs historically and culturally...United is more like Bayern than city is to Bayern

Prove he can lead us to a Champions League title and maybe a stretch of dominating the Premier League in the future. Him taking over won't be a walk in the park. Our fullbacks are aging, inconsistent play, Aguero being unable to stay healthy and only 3, 4 at the most are bagging in goals for us consistently. We don't have the history but he can write his name in the history books or try.

In not saying he's going to accomplish everything he wants at City but its not going to be easy. Face it, he's the Phil Jackson, Bill Belichick, Coach K, Nick Sabans of the world. Why would he put himself in a situation where he won't have all the tools and platform to build upon and be successful?

We already have his play style and proven players already. If we can get some younger fullbacks, another dependable striker and depth on our bench we will be on the rise in European competition. Coming to City will be more of a challenge than staying at Bayern or when he left to go there in the first place.

 

[Armada]

Pep has won a CL with a top 3 club before hell some people think that Barca team is the greatest team of al time...he doesn't has to prove anything to us and even if he did he's already done it.

 

[rolaholic]

Pep has won a CL with a top 3 club before hell some people think that Barca team is the greatest team of al time...he doesn't has to prove anything to us and even if he did he's already done it.

This ,only thing he would prove is that he can win in any country like Mou

 

[QU!K]

Ya City will never win the CL

 

[QU!K]

Pep has won a CL with a top 3 club before hell some people think that Barca team is the greatest team of al time...he doesn't has to prove anything to us and even if he did he's already done it.

I obviously meant other than Barca

 

[rolaholic]

Ya City will never win the CL

This we can all agree on

 

[blackmomo]

I personally think his time at Bayern was a failure simply for the fact he didn't make it to a CL finals. The Team went to 3 finals in 4 yrs before him. They spent a ridiculous amount on players that he wanted and he still couldn't make the team better than before he came.

 

[Armada]

Also lets not act like Pep has never been challenged before. That Barca side he took over the year before had only 67 points in the previous season ending in third and 10 behind Villareal. He takes over and then Eto is gone, Dinho is gone, Deco is gone as well as some other players and then he still goes on to win La Liga with 87 points and the treble and six trophies total that calendar year going six for six.

Ya City will never win the CL

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[rolaholic]

He won some trophies but I agree,when Bayern fans look back they'll probably wonder what could have been. Instead they can reminisce on getting embarrassed in back to back semi's by Spanish teams :x. He still has this year to turn it around but given that that was his main aim for coming to Bayern,his time might be looked at in disappointment.

I will say that he's had Bayern playing some of the most attractive footy I've ever seen from Bayern squads

 

[QU!K]

How is City supposed to compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern?

They can't

 

[rolaholic]

Also lets not act like Pep has never been challenged before. That Barca side he took over the year before had only 67 points in the previous season ending in third and 10 behind Villareal. He takes over and then Eto is gone, Dinho is gone, Deco is gone as well as some other players and then he still goes on to win La Liga with 87 points and the treble and six trophies total that calendar year going six for six.

Ehh that's where I'll have to disagree. Pep had a boatload of talent when he took over Barca not including the La Masia talent they had. A few names like Henry and Yaya were signed before he joined and that squad still made the CL semi. He's the one that offloaded the players you mentioned because they didn't fit into his plans. He replaced them with a few of the Barca mainstays we see now like Alves,Busquets,Mascherano and Pique and even stars like Ibra and Villa. All this to say that he didn't really have a "rebuilding" job per se,he was brought in to maximize on that teams potential

 

[PRIME]

Doesnt pep like a challenge? I dont see him going to city over united if true since united needs work.

If he wants a challenge, he should build a treble winning world beater on Arsenals transfer budget


That's a real challenge

 

[Armada]

 

Also lets not act like Pep has never been challenged before. That Barca side he took over the year before had only 67 points in the previous season ending in third and 10 behind Villareal. He takes over and then Eto is gone, Dinho is gone, Deco is gone as well as some other players and then he still goes on to win La Liga with 87 points and the treble and six trophies total that calendar year going six for six.

Ehh that's where I'll have to disagree. Pep had a boatload of talent when he took over Barca not including the La Masia talent they had. A few names like Henry and Yaya were signed before he joined and that squad still made the CL semi. He's the one that offloaded the players you mentioned because they didn't fit into his plans. He replaced them with a few of the Barca mainstays we see now like Alves,Busquets,Mascherano and Pique and even stars like Ibra and Villa. All this to say that he didn't really have a "rebuilding" job per se,he was brought in to maximize on that teams potential

I see where you're coming from but I still say that was a challenge because he still had to bring in the right replacement talent and manage them all properly which is not an easy feat. So I would still say in a way he rebuilt the team

How is City supposed to compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern?

They can't

We may not be able to now but we have the potential if Pep does decide to go to City and build that team thats fits his plans I would be very confident we could truly compete with those teams.

 

[noskey]

Pep is going to have a challenge in the EPL no matter what. Can someone tell me the last time he won in Stoke on a cold, rainy night?


But he'll have a real challenge in trying to win the CL with any of these EPL clubs.

 

[Biggsy]

there is much talk about city having more financial resources than united but United was never "broke" or didn't have the money. They bought decent players and put a squad together and still competed. SAF never spent more than 30 mil on a player only one were berbatov, ferdinand and heron was close . players developed under him. I think it just comes down to the managers intentions and what he wants to do at the club. If he wants to call a squad his and develop players from academy then united would be better than city imo. but if he wants a squad where you say the talent is there and maybe there are some fixes and just put a squad together then city is the way to go.

 

[Armada]

The only thing I would care to point out to that is I know a lot of United fans that think the state of their academy is in bad shape. A United fan here who maybe knows more than me on that topic should chime in as i can't speak on it to much since i'm only repeating others that I know sentiments on that topic.

 

[Biggsy]

The only thing I would care to point out to that is I know a lot of United fans that think the state of their academy is in bad shape. A United fan here who maybe knows more than me on that topic should chime in as i can't speak on it to much since i'm only repeating others that I know sentiments on that topic.

yea i don't know much of it wither and i don't know if standing does it justice. I see that they are second with a couple game sin hand but i don't know every clubs youth talent but from what ever seen over the past year, united (not trying to be biased) has had the most Academy player appearances in EPL (source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/academies-produced-most-premier-league-7224364) and as far as actually ages Martial, Januzaj, Memphis, Shaw, Wilson, Powell, Pereira are a good look for the future

 

[Armada]

Yeah standings don't do academy players justice your right about that. It's about appearances they get with the senior team and what they can do with those chances 

 

[QU!K]

Has pep ever been penalized for the la maisia scandal?

 

[rolaholic]

Don't think so and I doubt he will,the clubs already been punished.

Speaking of them,next seasons kits supposedly "leaked"...

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Fire minus the 3rd kit

Also

@SquawkaNews
Congratulations to Javier Hernandez who has been named 2015 CONCACAF Player of the Year for the first time.

Happy for Chicha ,just wish he won that with us this season

 

[newgodflow]

Bayern vs Hamburg right now... Good so far

 

[newgodflow]

OMG Lewandowski is so nasty Why would this guy ever want to leave Bayern?

 

[Trey Bantz]

He won some trophies but I agree,when Bayern fans look back they'll probably wonder what could have been. Instead they can reminisce on getting embarrassed in back to back semi's by Spanish teams :x. He still has this year to turn it around but given that that was his main aim for coming to Bayern,his time might be looked at in disappointment.

This seems a little premature given that Bayern is one of the favorites to win the CL this year.