Jon Mackenzie

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464 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If… Guardiola never became a manager? · 30 Aug 2026 podcast

In terms of management, I'm just going to...

I'm going to, I'm a shoe in for this job, doesn't get it.

And then almost treats that as the, the moment where he is, is like everything that this man stands for.

Now I'm going to try and do the opposite.

I, and, and I think it's just a, it's really fascinating narrative, narrative tweak.

And then you get that nice tension between them.

And, and obviously the final season at Barcelona is when, is when Mourinho's at Real Madrid and they manage us to get that.

I can't remember.

It was a hundred, many, many goals, 101 goals.

I don't know.

I should have checked this before I went on.

No,

even the sliding doors element here is that maybe Mourinho doesn't end up being the pragmatist that he becomes because he feels jilted by Barcelona.

Maybe we see a completely different Jose Mourinho emerging from out of that period.

Yeah, I don't think there's any stopping Lionel Messi.

No, I don't think so.

I think he would have been fine either way.

I think maybe the more interesting version of that question is what would Pep have been like without Messi?

I mean, I know that's not the sliding door.

It's not the podcast, John, right?

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