Ronald Koeman says Pep Guardiola will miss Lionel Messi’s influence – Football news
Former Dutch international, Ronald Koeman, feels his colleague will miss a world class star like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, but insisted that the Bavarian giants still have a lot of talent in their squad.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521 were instrumental in German side’s success in the last few years, but he thinks they are
nowhere near the Argentine captain.
“At http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Pep had Lionel Messi in his team, who could single-handedly decide matches,” Koeman was quoted as saying in an interview.
As a result of this, the trainer is excited to see how things will pan out for the former Barca coach. He claimed that Pep was helped by Messi in the Spanish team as he had the potential to change matches in their favour on numerous occasions. However, Der
FCB have no player like him or even http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629.
“In my opinion, Bayern Munich do not have a similar player,” he added.
Moreover, the Dutchman said that Die Roten are a great team and play as a unit. Therefore, the coach have a good squad in place and they also signed Mario Gotze in the summer transfer window. Koeman played with Pep at Camp Nou from 1990 to 1995 and he expects
more success from his former team member.
“He has inherited a fantastic team and then Bayern are also able to sign an amazing player like Mario Gotze. The players at his availability should not be the problem,” he said. “It's only logical that he became a coach. I didn't see it right away, because
he was still in the early stages of his career when we played together.”
Koeman stated that Pep was destined to be a coach. He suggested that the fact was not evident in the earlier stages of his playing days but he had amazing talents as a player. Guardiola was possessed with great vision, was a smart tactician and was very
good at making strategies for the team.
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