David Alaba hails Pep Guardiola – Football News
Defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 and Franck Ribery for their role in helping him settle in at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern Munich full-back, Alaba, has commended recently appointed boss, Pep, as he greatly impressed the entire team in his first few meetings. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 trainer’s appointment was revealed in January and he took over
from Jupp Heynckes in June as he was officially unveiled at the Bundesliga giants.
"I'm feeling positive. The first encounter [with Guardiola] was very friendly. During training he is coaching us players well," the star defender added.
Pep will find it hard following Heynckes superb last season in which he guided Der FCB to a historic treble win. Nevertheless, the left-back is happy with the way he has treated his team members and is feeling confident ahead of
the new campaign. He told that the first meeting was delightful and he is doing an amazing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 with the team.
"Philipp has helped me a lot and I am grateful for this. He has played for such a long time at a very high level, and right or left he was the best or one of the best players in the world. You can see this season after season,”
he said.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 international also hailed club captain Philipp Lahm and Franck Ribery for their assistance in developing him as a player he is now. Both stars looked after him and helped him settle down at Die Roten. Lahm has been
at the club for a long time and has been a top performer in the full-back role.
"As a young player Franck Ribery looked after me. It was him who said 'come here my boy',” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
On the other hand, the French international gave him confidence on the football field and also helped him outside the game. Ribery sometimes used to pick Alaba from his boarding school and took him for dinner. Therefore, the defender
is very thankful and gets along quite well with the creative player.
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