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Pep Guardiola: Ex-Manchester City manager says no to Italy job (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 7 points 6 days ago

Noooooooo! I wanted to see him and Klopp up against each other in international football lol

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    [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    It's a real shame he wont take it. I think he could inject some actual moral and a winning strat for Italy.

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    [–] 3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Italy can’t match UAE wages…

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Is it tho the wages the problem? The believe any good coach can do what Guardiola does and achieve a good result.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago

    In my view Italy are smart to reject Guardiola’s massive wage demands. I don’t pretend to understand Italy’s problems deeply but spending a significant chunk of your budget lining one guy’s pockets with money generally doesn’t help long term.

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    • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    Thomas Tuchel starts chewing his nails...

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    [–] 1 point 6 days ago (2 children)

    I don’t follow uefa very closely — could Pep fix what’s broken about Italy?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    Doubt it. Italy’s issues run deeper than what their national team shows.

    Calcio hasn’t been really competitive in the last 15 years. Last time an Italian team won an UEFA tournament was in 2010 (Inter Milan). Since then, only three teams have made it to the finals: Inter, Juve, and Roma.

    This wouldn’t be too much of an issue if Italy didn’t rely so heavily on players from their domestic leagues, but they do, thus the decline of their national team could be directly tied to the decline of Calcio in general. Guardiola wouldn’t fix that.

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