thank you! I love Mourinho in all of his ridiculous glory, but I was also really struck by this article (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1175106/index.htm) by Sid Lowe - there's no way that he's actually as much of a mastermind as we all think he is. (but oh, the macros. and the gifs.)
I don't have an article to hand, but I know there's a story about Pep telling Laporta, at the beginning of the year when he was coaching Barça B, that he wanted the first team job "but you don't have the balls to give it to me". and in the end it was Laporta who pushed to appoint Pep, which was a staggeringly unpopular decision at the time. (hard to believe! in retrospect Laporta looks like a genius.) the vast majority of the fans wanted Mourinho. you have to wonder how much it was a cash issue, though - Mourinho is REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE. and Guardiola had no experience at all at the time, so he was presumably dirt-cheap. I don't know how much he makes now but it's probably still peanuts compared to Mou.
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Date: 2010-11-12 10:16 pm (UTC)I don't have an article to hand, but I know there's a story about Pep telling Laporta, at the beginning of the year when he was coaching Barça B, that he wanted the first team job "but you don't have the balls to give it to me". and in the end it was Laporta who pushed to appoint Pep, which was a staggeringly unpopular decision at the time. (hard to believe! in retrospect Laporta looks like a genius.) the vast majority of the fans wanted Mourinho. you have to wonder how much it was a cash issue, though - Mourinho is REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE. and Guardiola had no experience at all at the time, so he was presumably dirt-cheap. I don't know how much he makes now but it's probably still peanuts compared to Mou.