Guardiola about Koeman: "it deserves a year with people in the stadium"

Pep Guardiola, technician of the Manchester City, participated the morning of Monday in the Legends Trophy, celebrated in the Pula Golf of Mallorca, where defended the work of Ronald Koeman at the head of the bench of the FC Barcelona: "it Has been a very difficult year, but the Barça has played very well during good part of the season. Ronald deserves a year with people in the stadium", exposed Pep. Likewise, the ex trainer of the Barça referred to the signings of his ex pupilos by the Barcelona club, as they are Agüero and Eric Garcia. "They are two very good signings", has resumido.

Satisfied by the permanence of Koeman

"I am very fellow of Ronald and am very happy, and know it because I spoke with the president and is convinced of the decision. It has been a very complicated for all the teams by the pandemia. Ronald deserves have a year with the people in the stadium, the second years always are better that the first, already know , he already has the team more by the hand and in periods of the year, the Barça played very well. It has fallen at the end when it had it near, but it won the Glass and to which changed to defence of 5 played very and very well, the best game of Spain", exposed Guardiola.

Position of disadvantage

"He knows it, and all know it, are the feeble part of all the process, depend on the results, and he knows it. It understands perfectly that after the end of League, all the world needed some days or weeks to take which was the best decision, but at the end, speaking have found and will keep on being the trainer of the Barça", explained the technician of the City.

Likewise, Pep referred to the negotiations of the Barcelona club with Koeman: "The trainers are weakened when we do not win, and reinforced, when we win, and next year, if it loses parties, will be weakened, and if it plays like good part of this season, will be reforzadísimo, but next year there will be people in the Estadi, the things will be very different to the ones of these years".

"I have been in three different clubs, but at all is comparable to a Barça or a Madrid, where the repercussion is much bigger, where all is more difficult to control privadamente, and this have commented it with Ronald, are exposed to this, if you do not want to this, do not devote you, but he is strong and has a lot of experience", aseveró Guardiola on the management of Koeman.

The work of Mateu Alemany

"Sure that Mateu will do a big work, yesterday spoke with the president and is very happy with the work that is doing", aseveró Pep Guardiola on the work of the new sportive director of the FC Barcelona, that has done a management stood out from the term of the season, and that follows hands to the work of face to the next signings of the club.