Josep Guardiola, a winning machine: he won a title every 23 games

Since Guardiola’s arrival, they have won 17 trophies: six Premier Leagues, two FA Cups, four League Cups, two Community Shields, one Champions League, one Club World Cup and one European Super Cup. That is, almost half of what he has, and in just eight years.

In statements to Sky, Guardiola spoke about the possible causes of his enormous success, which has not only been with the club: he had already triumphed at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“I don’t know the secret. I work a lot. I respect them a lot. Being humble, an incredible work ethic. One game, one game, one game: you can’t think in November that you’re going to win it,” declared.

Guardiola has even known how to change City’s way of playing to adapt to the players they have, something that, in recent months, became evident with the arrival of Erling Haaland to the club.

“The sports director gives me these players and I think, ok, what is the best position for them? We cannot play with a false nine with Haaland, we adapt their skills to the rest of the players. It’s not like I have an idea and every player has to do it. “We adapt to the players.”he pointed.

“We spent many months without Haaland and Julián Álvarez did an incredible job and Phil Foden has that talent. On the big stage, in the big moment he did it. Incredible players, but with Phil we have something extra,” he added, in a sentence in the which also highlighted Foden’s enormous contribution to the title, which he achieved on the last date to leave Arsenal in second place.

Will there be Guardiola for a while? He himself opened the door to a possible departure, although not immediately.

“The reality is that I am closer to leaving than staying. We have spoken with the club, I have the feeling that now I want to stay. I will stay next season and during the season we will talk,” he insisted.

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