Pep Guardiola
The most adorned manager of this era. He is ready to pull out all the stops every time and as a result of this attitude he was winning every title where he managed his team so far. His barca squad was one of the best in the history of club football. With his reputation majority of the football pundits and fans regard him as the front runner to win the EPL next time. Unlike at Chelsea and Manutd where the club management has an influence on transfer decisions, he will be calling the shots at Mancity similar to freedom Arsene Wenger enjoys at Arsenal. It is expected that Pep will unleash his Mancity squad in full swing. Pep considers football as an art, so be ready to glance some beautiful football in EPL like Arsenal does. Pep and Wenger has a lot in common, will be interesting to see how they will combat each other since these two are the only big names in UCL from EPL. Even though Pep fair better in head to head with Wenger, the ‘Le Professor’ has beaten Pep twice in UCL, a feat no one else can boast upon.
He is a man who would like to experiment out different formations. If he is going to deploy his newly strategized 2-3-5 formation here in EPL, either it will take you to the peak or will run you to the grounds. Definitely EPL is not a place to experiment. In Barcelona his 4-3-3 was perfect and yield eternal success with coherent passing and maximizing all the potentials of his players. By sticking to his possession game averaged 65% and more throughout he has changed the game plan formations at Bayern. Initiated flank attacks with crosses instead of cut backs. Battled out 4-1-4-1, 4-2-3-1, 4-1-3-2 formations which have benefited teams in the EPL. With the likes of Aguero up front, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Toure and newly signed Gundogan with more to follow – it seems he is likely to follow 4-2-3-1 and 4-1-4-1 more frequently.
Even though he is new in the EPL, the players are not. He has a crop of world class players who has good experience in the EPL. Definitely he is going to rock. But at Bayern he was in a league one’s own, so the new task is going to be very challenging.
