Honestly, I don't know why Cesc would come out and say it after just winning the league and playing like crap for the past few months. Would understand if he was playing like he was in the first few months, to add credibility to his argument of Mourinho being the best he has worked with. Alas, this is a weird comment to make...but objectively speaking putting it on its own..he is right.
Can we call Wenger a better manager when he has not won a league title for well over a decade? And before the FA Cup last year, what did he win?
Can we call Pep a better manager when he has coached two great teams? And the Bundesliga not being the hardest of leagues to win when you have a squad like Bayern.
But again, I am a fair man. What Koeman did with Southampton this season was sensational, because he had ZERO stars. Jose does have deep pockets with the help of the Roman. So in that sense, his job is a lot easier. But despite that, how many teams with stars don't get the results? *cough* PSG *cough* It would be incredibly naïve to assume that money should equate to success. So keeping with Fabregas's comments, I will keep it with Mourinho and Pep because Wenger lost a lot of street-cred with such a barren spell of no gear in the cabinet.
Pep is a very good coach and you see his influence on the players and how he changes things. But both Barcelona and Bayern had much better players than any team Mourinho managed. Has Mourinho ever had a player as good as Messi? Closest was probably Robben, BUT and there is a but....Robben right now is much better than he ever was before. And for Bayern, I believe that when fit, they easily have the best SQUAD in football. It is now that Pep is truly getting tested in the way Mourinho is with the injuries that have taken place.
The way I see it, until I see Pep and Wenger really get results with serious injuries and with average teams (FC Porto) only then will I put them on the same level as Mourinho. So although Fabregas may just be spouting lyrical in the heat of celebration....if we are fair here, Mourinho is the greater manager of the three.
Stay Black,
HH
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