David Jones
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Promising effectively...
that he would deliver Cruyff football, which was never going to be the case because his basic mentality is different.
But Begiristain went back to the board when he was the main guy with Johan Cruyff saying, appoint Guardiola.
He went back to the board and said, Mourinho will win his trophies.
If you want to appoint him, he will win Barcelona and make Barcelona dominant again.
But you'll be putting up fires in the press room.
And listen, at Chelsea and Manchester United and at Spurs, you know that Begiristain's prediction was right.
He said, you'll be putting up fires with the media every second day.
Mourinho can do the job you want, but I recommend Guardiola.
And it was down to Begiristain saying pep over Jose.
And that's why this era was born.
Jamie, I've lived here 18 years.
I'm 56 years old.
I've seen a lot of football.
I'm only a chronicler.
I only follow it.
But I try to learn from what people like you did on the pitch and what coaches teach me.
The thing I'll go back to is that, for example, Jamie, if you ask Eto'o,
to pick a favourite player of his time at Barcelona.
He won't pick Ronaldinho.