The former Barcelona player spoke exclusively to Goal and analyzed the first months of the Catalan coach in the Premier League
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The former Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez is one of the people who knows Pep Guardiola the best, the current coach of Manchester City. The Qatari Al-Sadd footballer, who shared the dressing room with Pep when he was a player and also with Guardiola as a Barcelona coach, analyzed for Goal the first months of the Catalan coach in the Premier League.
Xavi believes that the Catalan coach will seek the greatest successes in his first season in the Premier League: "Pep is a winner - he will want to win everything this season - and with Manchester City there is no reason why he cannot achieve it. He won the treble with Barcelona and he can win 3 or 4 trophies this season." "He will want to win everything, of course. The League and the Champions League are special, but his ambition will be to win all competitions," he said.
Regarding his start in the league competition, the former Barça player believes that Guardiola will work to motivate the team at all times: "City has already established a good advantage in the Premier League, but I know Pep and he will not allow relaxation in the dressing room. The advantage could be 20 points and he still wouldn't allow relaxation. Until the league is won, he will insist on maximum concentration."
Finally, Xavi believes that the key to Pep's success lies in creating a "team": "Manchester City does not have a second team, it is unfair to call it that. Of course, Pep will make changes in domestic competitions, but the players who play will be world-class international players. That is the strength of Manchester City. You cannot win several trophies with 11 players, you need a team."