by tuwshin_pr » Fri May 04, 2018 1:31 pm
Pep Guardiola:
“I am going to explain something secret.
“After the purge in Barcelona, he [Sir Bobby Robson] went to Newcastle and I sent him a letter to [hopefully] offer me the chance to go to him and play at Newcastle.
“One of my dreams would have been to have played in England.
“He answered me and said it was not possible because he had a lot of quality and he was right, but even in that tough moment, he was always so kind.
“He wrote a simple letter and it was like it meant so much more.
“Bobby is one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life.
“It is not easy to manage Barcelona, especially in that period.
“I learned, when I saw him, how lonely the manager feels and, [how even] in the bad moments, always he had a typical smile.
“In my case, in that situation it would have been impossible to react how he did.
“For him it was a tough period [at Barcelona] and I learned a lot because, in that period I thought…‘I want to become a manager.’
“How he handled that situation was incredible and I admired him a lot.
“It doesn’t matter what the media says…always try to be calm.”
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