Manchester City manager opened up about conducting thorough research before purchasing players in a transfer market.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted that a powerful frame of mind is essential to win top-tier titles in sports.
Subsequently, the Catalan man is in the major football industry for more than ten years now. Consequently, Guardiola changed football in three different leagues in Europe. This includes Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City.
Nonetheless, Guardiola always enjoys talking about the qualities that a player should possess.
Also, the City manager works hard to develop the players at his disposal. In addition, he requires the players to meet a certain standard to play at Emirates. Evidently, Guardiola witnessed successful campaigns for numerous years now.
The Blues lost the Premier League title to Liverpool last season. Therefore, the Blues purchased £120 million to get in new players. The summer signings for City include Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, and Ferran Torres.
To no one’s surprise, all the major transfers attracted attention on the field. Although, the club puts in efforts to analyze player features before buying them.
Even though there are no guarantees with the signings, the research helps to create a huge difference.
A definite strategy.
“I would say we see the skills [first] but we should see more the character,” he said, in conversation with Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
“You have to ask about the character though. You see the skill videos, you play against them, you see right-left, fast, low, strong in the air, shoots well, both feet or not.
“Everyone can watch but to know exactly the character – how they handle the tough situations or playing in incredibly tough scenarios with difficult games and knockout games how they react, overcome bad situations or become the best players they are – will be more important.
“The character absolutely makes the difference, being a competitor and hungry and especially in the bad moments forget immediately the bad action and think positively about the next one.
“When you are able to find this as much as possible in the squad it is a winning team because skills don’t handle pressure or ambition,- in a high competition is not enough.
“But when you buy players sometimes you don’t know them and you see if they settle with their teammates, with the way we’re going to play, in the city they’re going to live.
“This is always a doubt. Until you buy them, until you are with them it is difficult to know it. In the end, it is how you handle the pressure.”
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