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Planca Football by Sportcafe
03/05/2020, 14:00
Considered one of the best coaches in modern football, Joseph Guardiola had world-class players at his disposal in all the clubs he led.
But not all the big names in the Catalunya locker room have been successful under his leadership.
Both Barcelona and Bayern Munich and Manchester City Pep separated from great soccer players.
Planet Football has achieved a symbolic team of the 11 best sold by the Spanish during his career as a coach.
Pepe Reina is the goalkeeper
After spending nine years in Liverpool, Reina joined Bayern Munich in 2014 for the Manuel Neuer reserve. However, the Spanish guard recorded only three duels under the leadership of Guardiola. This led to its sale to Napoli in 2015.
Pablo Sabaleta – Right Back
The hot Argentinian back home won everything inside during his 9 years at Manchester City. But in the summer of 2017, Guardiola cleaned the equipment, which also affected Sabaleta. Much younger Kyle Walker than Tottenham was involved in his place.
Dante – Central Defender
Dante was a key part of the Bayern Munich team that won triples at Jupe Heinkes in the 2012/13 season, but after Guardiola’s arrival, the Brazilian lost his position in the title. However, he remained under Guardiola’s administration for two years before going to Wolfsburg in 2015.
Rafael Márquez – center back
Márquez has won four La Liga titles and two in the Champions League as a Barcelona player. But the Mexican defender was released by Barça in 2010 at Guardiola’s insistence, although he had extended his contract with the Catalans a year earlier. Rafa went to the American New York Red Bulls.
Maxwell – left back
He joined Barcelona from Inter Milan in 2009 and recorded 89 games during his two and a half years at Camp Nou. Gradually, however, he began to lose his title position at the expense of Eric Abidal, and this led to his transfer to PSG in 2012.
Bastian Schweinsteiger – support midfielder
The defensive midfielder was a legend at Bayern. He studied at the Bavarian school and won eight titles in the Bundesliga and the Champions League. But he began to suffer injuries and in 2015 he was sold to Manchester United.
Yaya Toure is the central midfielder
Toure was unable to cope with one of Barcelona’s favorite Guardiola pets: Sergio Busquets. This led to his sale to Manchester City in 2011. There he was able to unleash his potential, becoming one of the best midfielders in the league.
“When I asked him something, he always gave me strange answers. I didn’t want to leave Barcelona. My wish was to finish my career there, but he had no faith in me,” Toure said. The two met at Etihad in 2016, but were unable to repair their relationship.
Tony Kroos is a central midfielder
Tony Kroos won three German and Champions League titles with Bayern, but could not find common ground with Guardiola. The midfielder lifted the world title with Germany in 2014, then moved to Real Madrid for € 25 million.
Ronaldinho – offensive midfielder
One of the best players in the world in the first decade of the new century. But due to some of his character traits, Ronnie did not meet Pep’s requirements. As soon as he took the helm of the Catalans in 2008, the coach made it clear that he was not going to make names and that the Brazilian was sold to Milan.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – forward
Ibra scored 66 goals in 117 games for Inter Milan and was taken by Guardiola in Barcelona in 2009. But things did not work out between them. Despite Ibrahimovic’s good goal result, the two were in constant conflict. This led to the sale of Ibra just one year after its purchase. Even in his book, Ibrahimovic begins with a scathing comment about Guardiola. “He bought a Ferrari and used it as a Fiat,” says Zlatan.
Thierry Henry
The legendary Frenchman scored 226 goals in 369 appearances for Arsenal and has become one of London’s legends. He was part of the Barça team that won the triples in the 2008/09 season before being traded to the New York Red Bulls alongside Márquez in 2010. Here we can mention two big names best sold by Pep: Mario Mandzukic and Samuel Eto ‘ or.
