Pellegrini: Manchester City boss Guardiola learning how hard life is in England
Former Manchester City manager Manuel
Pellegrini believes his successor Pep
Guardiola will now have a good
appreciation of his achievements at the club.
Pellegrini won the Premier League title in
2014 and two League Cups before making
way for the arrival of Guardiola last summer.
After winning 21 trophies in seven years
with Barcelona and Bayern Munich,
Guardiola arrived with a huge reputation
but he is taking time to settle at City.
City have been inconsistent for large spells
of the season and are currently eight points
behind Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Pellegrini told Marca: "I think he (Guardiola)
values my work a little more in those three
years. It is not easy to win the Premier
League.
"Perhaps many thought that with the arrival
of Pep, they would win the Premier League
with 15 points difference, and no, in
England this is not the case."
City had pursued Guardiola for years before
finally landing the Spaniard. When it became
clear City would get their man, it was
Pellegrini himself who put an end to
speculation by announcing, last February, he
would leave at the end of the 2015-16
campaign.
Given that form subsequently deserted his
side, Pellegrini accepts that was a mistake.
The Chilean, who is now in charge of Hebei
China Fortune, said: "If you ask me if today I
would have done otherwise. I say, yes, I
would have waited until the end of the
season. It was my initiative but I would do it
differently.
"But there was so much rumour. It bothered
me."
Created at 2017-02-24 06:29:01 By Cycwap]
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