‘Pep Guardiola referred to as me into his workplace and was choosing my brains! Good managers by no means know all of it. You’ve all the time received one thing to study’: Neil Warnock tells FourFourTwo how the Manchester Metropolis supervisor realized from him
Neil Warnock was pleasantly stunned to have as soon as been invited into Pep Guardiola’s workplace at Manchester Metropolis so the Catalan might ask him for some managerial pointers.
Guardiola has racked up a powerful record of honours on the very highest ranges of the sport since beginning his managerial profession with Barcelona in 2008, occurring so as to add but extra silverware at Bayern Munich and Manchester Metropolis.
Warnock is in the meantime a proud specialist in succeeding within the decrease leagues: no supervisor within the historical past of English soccer has received extra promotions than Warnock’s eight, with Scarborough, Notts County (twice), Huddersfield City, Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers and Cardiff Metropolis.
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Neil Warnock: “That Man Metropolis group was the perfect facet I’ve ever seen – however everyone needs to do the identical as Pep”
Warnock has most well-liked an indisputably efficient direct method for a lot of his managerial profession – a stark distinction to Guardiola’s extra affected person, possession-heavy, quick passing recreation.
Requested if he felt his counter-attacking type received an unfairly unhealthy identify, Warnock advised FourFourTwo: “A lot of the groups I’ve taken over have been actually struggling, so the gamers are missing confidence, and the Championship is difficult.
“However you’re not a Championship participant except you’ve received some capacity, so I discovered it was my energy to carry that out within the gamers and make them imagine. You may’t inform me passing out from the again when you possibly can’t do it’s any good.
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Neil Warnock believes good managers all the time wish to study (Picture credit score: William Hill)
“I perceive [it], as a result of Pep’s come into the nation and two years in the past that Man Metropolis group was the perfect facet I’ve ever seen – however everyone needs to do the identical as Pep and the strain on you is unbelievable except everyone seems to be comfy on the ball.
“At Notts County I used to be labelled a long-ball service provider, however that’s solely as a result of none of my again 4 might go water!
“Folks name me a dinosaur, however I used to be at Man Metropolis not too long ago and Pep came visiting to me and we had a superb chat – I went into his workplace afterwards and he was choosing my brains! Good managers by no means know all of it. You’ve all the time received one thing to study.”
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