For all the well-deserved praise Pep Guardiola gets as a manager, he's probably due a little bit more. When we discuss the Manchester City manager it tends to be on his revolutionary tactics, his rare vision of the game and the remarkable football that few other managers have managed to rival over the last 15 years.
But what he has also proved brilliant at yet gets little recognition for is his man-management. Guardiola's cavemen-like detractors will dismiss innovative ideas like the inverted full-back or a goalkeeper who can pass and take great joy when the Catalonian 'overthinks' and 'overcomplicates' games, yet will ignore the qualities he has which they no doubt adore in your more...
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Already this year he's made a move Sir Alex Ferguson would be proud of as he got rid of an important player because he risked upsetting the harmony of the squad.