Bruno Fernandes hails Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola as the epitome of coaching excellence, dubbing him the ‘best coach in the world’. He also extends praise to another formidable adversary of Manchester United, Liverpool’s manager, Jurgen Klopp.
Guardiola’s illustrious career includes three La Liga titles and two Champions League triumphs with Barcelona, where he oversaw one of the most celebrated teams in history.
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His managerial prowess extended to Bayern Munich, clinching three consecutive Bundesliga titles before his departure in 2016.
At Manchester City, Guardiola further solidified his legacy, capturing five league titles, a Champions League trophy, and six domestic cups.
Last season, Guardiola’s Manchester City achieved a historic treble, a feat that could potentially be matched this season as they remain contenders for the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup titles.
‘We are talking about the best coach in the world, without a shadow of a doubt,’ Manchester United midfielder Fernandes told A Bola. ‘In recent years, he has been the best coach in the world.
‘He is probably the coach who most changed the game of football. Nowadays, everyone wants to be Guardiola, there’s no need to hide that.
‘All teams, from the second to the first divisions, everyone tries to play like City and everyone tries to find the dynamics that City has, because they have results and success.
‘For me, having praise from a coach like Guardiola is something spectacular, because, as I said, we are talking about a coach that I really appreciate and who, for me, today, is the best coach in the world.’
Fernandes also spoke highly of another Man United rival – Liverpool’s departing head coach Klopp.
Since his arrival at Anfield in 2015, Klopp has steered Liverpool to triumphs in both the Premier League and the Champions League.
As Klopp approaches his final year with the club, there remains the possibility of the Reds securing their own treble this season.
‘We are talking about a coach who is one of the ones I most appreciate, for the intensity he brings to games and the passion he has for football,’ Fernandes said of Klopp.
‘I think what he did now is yet another demonstration of how much he loves football.
‘He feels that, if he is not at his best, he is not giving his best to the game. And I think a little like that too, in the same way as him, probably.
‘He is a coach who changed the dynamics of Liverpool, who brought hope to the club. If we look at it, Klopp is the coach who has probably won the fewest titles and, even so, achieved the most in terms of the passion of the world of football, the passion of the fans, the transformation he brought to a club.
‘He won big titles, he won the Premier League, the Champions League, and some cups, but the biggest prize he will take away from these years will be the flame, the passion and the new dynamics he brought and which made Liverpool once again believe in being [a] champion, in being able to fight for titles, in being among the best.
‘That’s something that no one will ever take away from Klopp. We are talking about another coach who really influences my passion for football.’
