3 Players who really dislike Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola is arguably one of the best managers in the world. He is highly regarded for his possession-based football which is pleasant to the eye and threatening to the opposition. His playing style has been very successful as he has won multiple major trophies everywhere he has coached. He created a dynasty at Barcelona with players like Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi. He went to Bayern Munich and only grew their legacy. While his first season at Manchester City was not very successful but the season that followed that was special, to say the least.

Guardiola is also known for bringing the best out of players and giving younger players an opportunity. Pedro, Busquets, Messi, sane are some players who have flourished under him.

Having said that, many players do not respect Pep as a person. While his coaching style and game sense are second to none but many players have spoken publically about his poor management.

Here are 3 footballers who are known to dislike Pep Guardiola.

1. Yaya Toure

When we think of Yaya Toure we think of one of the best defensive midfielders of his time. He made darting runs from midfield which could not be stopped by the opposition. At one point and time, he was regarded as the best midfielder in the premier league.

When Yaya played for Barcelona he was regarded as one of the bright young talents in world football until Guardiola decided to drop him. Guardiola decided to start Sergio Busquets over him.

He made Yaya feel like an outcast and it is said that the only time Pep cared for Yaya was when Manchester City offered to buy him."Whenever I asked him something, he always gave strange answers," Toure told ONA FM. "He pretty much ignored me until City's offer came in. That's why I eventually opted to leave. I didn't speak to Guardiola for a year.

To Toure's dismay, Guardiola ended up at Manchester City where he was again dropped. It is fair to say Yaya Toure has had enough of Pep Guardiola.

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Ibrahimovic has always been one of the best strikers in the world. It was no different when he was at Barcelona. Unfortunately for Zlatan, Guardiola decided to deploy Messi as a striker leading him to the bench. Zlatan was unhappy with this move and he has a famous statement in which he claims that one does not buy a Ferrari only to treat it like a Fiat.

Sky Sources reports that Zlatan found Pep very immature."The first six months were perfect, then the manager changed the system, tactics and it didn't work for me," Ibrahimovic told Sky in Italy. "I went to talk to him. I'm here to talk, if you think it's for another reason then we can't talk.

Zlatan has on multiple occasions not shied away from talking about how he has no respect for Pep Guardiola as a person.

3. Samuel Eto

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Samuel Eto in his prime was one of the best strikers in the world. Similar to Zlatan he too is not very fond of Pep Guardiola. Pep did not think that Samuel was good enough for the Barcelona starting eleven. He went on to publically state that in his first public briefing at Camp Nou.

Despite that Samuel Eto was instrumental in helping Barcelona win the double that season. Unfortunately, Pep is said to have not appreciated Samuel and eventually did everything he could to make Samuel leave Barcelona.

Eto'o later joined Mourinho at Inter Milan where he won the Champions League after defeating Guardiola's Barcelona in the semi-finals. He spoke about Pep stating that "He (Guardiola) shook hands with me when I was at Inter and I played against Barca, but this was just for the cameras and TV. Behind the scenes before the match, he did not greet me."

Edited by Moderator -PJ