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Zusatztext An entertaining biography. Informationen zum Autor Guillem Balague is the author of Messi ! Barça ! Pep Guardiola ! A Season on the Brink ! Cristiano Ronaldo ! which won the British Sports Book Football Book of Year award in 2016! and Brave New World ! his bestelling biography of Mauricio Pochettino. A key fixture of Sky Sports' coverage of Spanish football for many years! he now broadcasts on BBC Radio 5 Live and for LaLiga TV from Barcelona. He is also the UK Correspondent for AS ! the Madrid-based Spanish sports newspaper! and El Larguero ! Spain's most popular sports radio show. His work appears regularly in The Times and in Champions magazine! where he writes a regular column on international football. He is the Director of Football of Biggleswade United! and he won Influencer of the Year 2016 in the Football Blogging Awards. http://www.guillembalague.com/en/home https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague https://www.facebook.com/guillembalague Klappentext Entertainingly perceptive biography of the hugely successful ex-manager of FC Barcelona! Pep Guardiola! updated to include his decision to join Bayern Munich for the 2013-14 season. Zusammenfassung ´Pep´ Guardiola has transformed Barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time! and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how. Guardiola spent the majority of his playing days with Barca and was an integral part of Johan Cruyff´s European Cup-winning ´dream team´. But it was on retiring from playing that he really made his mark on the club. After travelling the world! he became a coach of the Barcelona reserve team! and a year later! in 2008! he was appointed the first-team manager. The club went on to win an unprecedented 13 of the 16 competitions they entered under his leadership! and he became the youngest ever manager to win the Champions League. Then! at the end of the 2012 season! after having been awarded the FIFA WORLD COACH OF THE YEAR! he resigned following four years of unprecedented achievement. He immediately became the most sought-after free-agent in football! and his next move was keenly anticipated. Some call Guardiola´s influence on Barca revolution! others evolution. Whatever the answer! the impact he has had goes beyond football. He represents a style! a club! a country and even old-fashioned values! at a time when they seem so scarce. Guillem Balagué´s insightful book reveals how Pep Guardiola´s Barcelona played the ´Beautiful Game´ - and won. ...
