In Barca he had Busquet and in Man City he had Rodri while in Bayern Munich he had Javi Martinez and kimmich . He always had great holding cdm role in every club he managed
ngl Rodri is so ordinary sideway passing and sometimes a good interception is the only thing I see him do he cant break the lines dribble or frontline pressure
@@colt2128 hes a physical holding mf that evolves to play in the prem his technical side lacks but is sufficient his physical prowess is what important in his role in guardiolas city since city have a lot of playmakers already
They are similar but Pep admits Busquets is the player he always wanted to be but never quite achieved. Del Bosque also said the same thing about Busquets, while Cruyff considers Busquets the most important player in Barcelona's history.
If Pep hadnt met Johan Cruyff, he wouldnt have been the quality player he was or the worlds best manager he is now. His exceptionilism is all due to Cruyff
He was a CDM or the Busquets of those days but he was a more attacking cdm. He use to be a goal threat and at one point the main free kick/penalty taker as well
There is a bit of Laudrup in every Barca midfielder. He was one of the most influential midfielders ever and way ahead of his time. He also influenced Zidane and Davids. All the CDMs before Laudrup (although he also played CM and CAM) were either ball winners who stopped at the center line or registas who passed from the depth. But Laudrup was a moving anchor who could create multiple moving passing triangles which is an essential part of both Pep's and Busquets' playing styles.
@@FIL1994 He started as CDM at Lazio. Then he played CM most of his career but was CDM in Barca before Guardiola made the 1st team. He also played CDM occationally with Juventus and RMA. He was basically a CM who could play all 3 central roles. Even when he played CAM, there was always someone between him and the striker. The point is that he involved all 3-4 midfielders in every aspect of the play which later became tradition in La Masia, that created a role that is now known as the deep lying playmaker (often played at CDM role).
The greatest Spanish midfielder and player even, is Luis Suarez who was a combination of all four of those players and is arguable one of the most complete midfielders of all time.
@@FIL1994 yes. But I don't put much weight on such an award. If the writers had given Xavi the award in 2009 and 2010, rightfully so and arguably 2011, then he would have 3 of them. Xavi was at his peak and most impactful from 2007-2012, but even with those performances there were many underlying factors which give Suarez the edge over him.
@@FIL1994 well Barca we're built off great possession, control of pace, quick switches, lots of pitch coverage, great positional play and a lot of vertical motion. Dominant in midfield. The team was built around him and he obviously was the most impactful on both Spain and Barcelona. There is a reason why this dude got all those man of the match awards in those big games during that period. Fans will believe what they want to believe and any discussion with any of them lacks a lot of rational thought and a lot of emotion. They are not to be taken seriously.
Good point, in today’s game, it’s hard to look past the players that are scoring goals and putting up stats which is why Messi got all the glory from Iniesta and Xavi. It’s like when Van Djik helped Liverpool win Champions League but Messi won Ballondor, people couldn’t fathom why a defender should win the award ahead of Messi who scored 30+ goals.
Kids of this generation will never know the legacy of Mikael Laudrup..but to be fair even people of my dad's generation always obsessed with Zidane and never acknowledged Laudrup for he was the greatest midfielder of the '90s, second only to Zidane, and one of the best of the 20th century.
Pep was a good player but not that great, the player from that legendary Cruyff team that influenced most of these Spanish midfielders was Michael Laudrup.
Pep was Cryuffs tactical leader on the field, that’s why Cryuff picked him from the Youth team and put him in the first team. Of course Laudrup was the attacking flair player but Guardila played the Catalan which is why the 4 midfielders I mentioned where all Catalan. They either had challenge to come out of Peps shadow (Xavi), they had the challenge of not being forced to play Peps position (Iniesta), they literally idealised Pep (Fabregas) or they emulated his playing style and position (Basquets)
I feel like you didn’t watch a lot of full Barca games back then, pep was a ridiculously intelligent player, a great leader, immaculate ball player, I could go on and on. I’d really recommend going back and watching some archive games, not just for pep who was quality (and watching him run a midfield for 90 minutes tells a completely different story to his stats) but for that whole team, it was insane, which is probably why pep doesn’t get the plaudits he deserved along with the fact his managerial career has been so iconic which most likely overshadows his fantastic but not quite as memorable playing career.
Imagine how smart you are for calling Pep just a good player but not that great when Sir Johan Cruyff himself said that "Pep is one of the greatest midfielders of his generation."
True I watched how Laudrup played and it completely resembles Iniesta. He was everyone’s Idol in La Masia back then. Including young Iniesta, he admitted in one of the interviews
Xavi used to be Defensive midfielders in his younger days and he idolised pep for it , it was his U20 Spanish coach who said to him to play a more advanced position
Yeah that was a constant theme for all these midfielders which was they kept on trying to create the next “Guardiola”. Xavi suffered from that and even Iniesta was forced to play CDM in his youth days
I wouldn't say he's that similar to Busquets. Pep wasn't strong defensively like Busquets. Pep was more of a deep lying playmaker. A modern player I think that's similar to Pep is Jorginho of Arsenal.
Managing a country team is so different to managing a club team. Pep needs his players under his control to train them, not for just a few weeks during the summer tournament
Tbh, even though guardiola's position was dm, but the way he plays was more like xavi than busquets... he was more like xavi who plays deeper than busquets
@@FIL1994 still spanish midfielders? He developed Silva so much, and alonso puts his entire managerial philosophy down to guardiola fromt heir time at bayern, and applying it to Leverkusen
@rs-dq3li Yeah for sure Xabi Alonso and many more are copying Guardiola’s managing philosophy but this video was about Guardiola the player influencing La Masia’s new generation of Midfielders who were in search of the new “Guardiola”
Don't exaggerate on the social media. You are talking like there never existed any better coach before guerdiolla and he was the best midfielders of his generation . He was overshadowed many of his compatriot players let alone other country midfielders. The pictures of early aged xavi, Iniesta was only show off before the media.
I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.
Yeah the overall point of the video was Pep’s influence on La Masia and how those kids are trained to approach Football. David Silva is from the Valencia region I believe.
@@bluemoon1716 the opposite, I'm old enough to say that Pep was a good player, but nothing more. Do you want a list of better players of that era? Deschamps, Desailly, Boban, Yugovic, Albertini, Rykaard, Conte, Simeone, Sousa, Donadoni, just to name a few. All from Serie A teams. Maybe you were watching the wrong championship.
@@jillar78 first you said he was average now you're backsliding and he's a good player. I think you are misunderstanding the video and what's being said. No one is saying he's the best or top 5 of all time, so you can keep your lists. But saying he's average is just wrong. Are you sure you know what you were watching?
No mate, influenced as in the players brought through La Masia where the players are trying to be the next Guardiola. Pep never trained Fabregas but he idolised Pep
Except that Busquets defends much much MUCH better than prime Guardiola. Both are slow and likes to ping passes and being the focal point of the team, but Sergio is taller and way more accomplished at tackling and defending than Pep I've had the opportunity to watch some live Barcelona games at the time of Pep still being a player, the difference is that BIG
Pep es mas completo que Busquets, defensivamente parecidos, en pases cortos/largos y lectura del juego Guardiola era el mejor del Mundo. Ademas si ves el video lanzaba faltas de maravilla y eso teniendo en su equipo a Koeman, Hagi, Rivaldo, Laudrup, Romario, Figo y muchos otros en su etapa del Barça en la cual le quitaban muchas veces tener la posibilidad de lanzar faltas. Nunca vi a Busquets en esa faceta, ni casi meter goles de cabeza siendo mucho mas alto y podiendo ser poderoso arriba de cabeza. Pep era el cerebro total del juego del Dream Team, y Busquets era la tercera pieza del juego del Pep Team, primero Xavi e Iniesta y luego él.
@@jc-16. Nobody said Xavi was a bad dribbler. He only said Iniesta was a better dribbler, which is absolutely correct. Maybe you should choose to listen better.
I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.
@@FIL1994 bullshit. Your just name dropping. Laudrop & Stochkov/Romario we’re much more integral to Barca. Pep (no disrespect) was a journey man player, much like Deschamp was. In terms of Barca DNA again not Pep it was Zubizeretta and Ferrer & Nadal who played most games.
@@FIL1994 ask Cantona how Deschaump can be a journey man too! The expression is more of a derogatory term for what you would call a CDM (in todays language) or Nr 6 (in FIFA, a popular computer game language)! Don’t get me wrong, anyone playing for Barca is going to be good, remember, Barca had just won there 1st Champions League (and what a game that was against Vialli & Manchini’s Sampdoria. But not at the same standard as todays Pep’s or Rykaraads Barca
I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.
