The 53-year-old has guided Man United – empowered by the acquisitions of Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba over the summer – to a 100% start in the Premier League following victories over AFC Bournemouth, Southampton and Hull City.
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He replicated the domestic success in Germany before parting company with Munich in May to take up his post in Manchester.
Former Rangers manager Souness also offered his thoughts on the first Old Firm derby, as he suggested the passion set to be on display on Saturday for the first league clash between the two Glasgow giants in four years will be unrivaled in world football. It just goes on and on and on, you feel it never stops, even in March you have 12 games to go, you think ‘Will this ever stop?’.
Guardiola, 45, is a coach held in high regard by many as a result of his success in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. I have to say he was okay.
The Ivory Coast global featured for one season under Pep at Barcelona (2009/10) where they went on to lift a treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
“It was really that trust, that support which was important for me, and when I was reassured on that point, there was no question of it any more.”
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“Alex Ferguson’s first priority was “we have to be able to score goals”. He was very lucky he had the players at Barcelona but he was clever in what he did”.
