‘I shared a room with Guardiola – I by no means thought he’d flip into supervisor he’s’
There’s a case to be made that Pep Guardiola is the best supervisor of all time.
Last season, the Catalan took Manchester City to heights the membership had solely dreamed about after they first employed Guardiola. And whereas there appeared a sure inevitability about him finally getting his arms on the Champions League – one ex-teammate wasn’t all the time satisfied.
Albert Ferrer is nearly royalty in Barcelona, making over 200 appearances for the Blaugrana earlier than transferring to Chelsea in 1998. The defender made his first crew debut in 1990, a few months earlier than Guardiola graduated onto the senior stage.
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“I debuted in 1990, and half a season later Pep Guardiola came up… So, my relationship, my closest relationship was with Guillermo Amor and Pep Guardiola,” he defined.
“I shared a room with Pep for a couple of seasons, so we spent a lot of time together. We played the Olympics for Spain together in 1992, winning the gold medal, so I had a good relationship with him.”
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Ferrer and Guardiola had been shut, sharing lots of footballing firsts, however even Ferrer admitted he’d by no means have imagined what Guardiola would go on to realize – though there have been indicators.
“I’ve got a great affinity with Pep. At that time, we didn’t really imagine he’d be the manager he is now, but you could feel something, especially when he was playing in the middle of the pitch and wanted to be in charge of things.
“But sure, I had a superb a superb relationship with him.”
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Ferrer additionally tried his hand at administration, however he is since settled into a job as pundit. He added: “Normally when you leave football, most players want to rest and not think about football anymore…After I retired at Chelsea in 2003, I took one year.
“I had the chance to teach three completely different groups, that’s the closest you might be to soccer, being a coach. But I actually take pleasure in being a pundit.”
Listen to Albert Ferrer’s episode of LALIGA Talks on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts from Thursday eighth February.
