Pep Guardiola Certain Barcelona Will Have Great Success with Lionel Messi

DBasia.news –  The former Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola, had predicted the Blaugrana would win many trophies and success after seeing Lionel Messi.

Pep Guardiola is one of the most meritorious coaches in Lionel Messi’s career. Together with Guardiola, Messi was transformed into the spirit of the Barcelona game. In addition, Messi’s individual abilities also continued to increase rapidly.

The combination of Messi and Guardiola earned Barcelona three LaLiga titles, two Copa del Rey titles and two Champions League trophies. In essence, Messi was the most important player for Guardiola at the time.

Long before that success was achieved, Pep Guardiola had doubts about Lionel Messi’s ability. At that time, the manager saw that posture would be a barrier to Messi’s development.

“I have received information that there is a great young player in the team. They say he is still vyoung, but is able to pack a lot of goals. Besides, he is goof,” said Guardiola as reported by Goal.

“I didn’t know him. One day, I saw Messi and his father at the Nike store. I saw him looking small and shy. I wondered if he was as good as people say,” he continued.

“We did pre-season in Scotland. We won with a score of 6-1. Messi scored three goals in one game. Then I thought, with him, we will achieve everything,” said the coach.

Lionel Messi’s future in Barcelona is still unscertain. Reportedly, the 32-year-old player still refuses to sign the brand-new contract offered by Barcelona. Messi reportedly wants to return to Argentina before retiring.