The Manchester City manager oversaw some of Barcelona's best years with Xavi at the heart of midfield
Barcelona coach Xavi called Pep Guardiola an inspiration and a coach with the most positive influence on the Premier League.
Xavi's side are preparing to face Manchester United in the second leg of the Europa League on Thursday, following a thrilling 2-2 draw at Camp Nou last week. The former midfielder has enjoyed a phenomenal start to his career as the coach of his childhood club, taking them to the top of La Liga, where they are eight points ahead of Real Madrid.
With the Spanish side once again leading the league, led by a former player in the academy with several young La Masia graduates on the pitch, comparisons have been made between Xavi and the coach. Man City member. Guardiola has led Barca to three league titles and two Champions League titles with Xavi at the heart of his midfield, and the current Barcelona boss has hailed his former boss. “I think foreign coaches have had a positive influence on the Premier League,” Xavi told The Times. "They brought important things, new concepts. The first was probably [Arsene] Wenger. This Arsenal team has retained a lot of things from English football, but has also clearly gone through a development process. develop.
“Roberto Martínez has also come up with new things, but of course the one with all the squad is Pep. Guardiola is the best coach by far. I played under him and the difference from all the other coaches, myself included, is a big gap. Pep is a genius in every sense of the word. He's not human, he's different, completely different, it's oversized.
"I've got him as a team-mate and as a coach, and I'm not surprised by what he's achieved in England, because I know he's going to get there. A strange thing happened to me with Pep. I would play and think 'we should do this because they move like this for this'. And we'll go down to the dressing room and Pep will say exactly what I was thinking.
"But the way he prepares for games is also amazing. What he tells you will happen, always happens. I learned many things from him. »
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