Domènec Torrent, former member of Pep Guardiola’s staff during his time on the bench at FC Barcelona and Bayern from Munich, he hesitated RAC1 of the existence of a ‘German school’ like this in this generation when asked about the news linking a series of technicians of that nationality to the future technical direction of FC Barcelona, after announcing Xavi Hernández recently announced his departure from club Barcelona at the end of the current season. “I don’t know what the German school is, I don’t know it,” said Torrent in an interview on the program ‘Tú Diràs’. These days echoed for Barça Hansi Flick, Jürgen Klopp, Julian Nagelsmann and even Thomas Tuchel or Ralf Ragnick. Torrent identified some of them in a general reflection about these German coaches that were in the showcase. “The ‘four’ they say is totally different. As a coach, they have nothing to do with Flick, with Klopp, with Naggelsmann…”, he summarized.
Overall, Torrent appreciated Guardiola’s time in the Bundesliga as boss. “Before, they played more in the German style. They liked the repeated comings and goings, everything very physical, very counters, powerful, with spaces… Pep went to them and taught them that you can play in a different way, ” he described. .
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JURGEN KLOPP
“It’s more about going, opposing and saying it will stop”
“Now they say that if Klopp goes to Barça…, when he goes to Liverpool, maybe in two or three years. These are almost impossible things. Klopp will not come, let’s let him.” Speaking of football “Klopp is more about going, pressing, using counterattacks a lot, although lately he is coming out better from the back and holding the ball more and is very direct.”
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HANSI FLICK
“He inherited what Pep did at Bayern and he did it well”
“Flick didn’t coach a first team, he came from being second, but they gave him to Bayern and he did very well there. He played very well with Bayern, he won the European Cup taking a team to the best this moment, with Lewandowski four years younger, with Kimmich, with Davies… Great delivery of the ball, post-loss pressure, I liked his Bayern. But it didn’t go well for him in the team of the German, trying to do something similar. He has quite a recognizable style. Pep left a lot of things behind in Germany. It’s a more proactive team now.
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JULIAN NAGELSMANN
“It’s a mix”
“Nagelsmann was a mix. At Bayern he had a lot of problems with the players,” he recalled.
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XAB ALONSO
“Pep left many things in Germany”
“Pep left a lot of things behind in Germany. Now Xabi Alonso plays his style at Leverkusen. Like Flick, he inherited a bit of that,” he commented.
Domènec Torrent gave his opinion on what kind of coach he would choose for Barcelona. “I would always try to find a style very close to what has been with Johan, with Pep… Barça is very greedy, with these people who rise. No one in the world has La Masia. That’s why I would like a coach That he understands that the great treasure of the club is definitely La Masia. Whenever the club works with 80% of the people from La Masia and wants to be the star, have the ball and rely on the people from home; that is what I want.”
Finally, regarding German candidates, he said: “I don’t know why we only talk about German coaches, but whoever likes it can choose a club.”
Source: La Verdad
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