How Pep Guardiola Influenced 4 Of The Greatest Spanish Midfielders

[@DaFoolish1]

Huh I never realized how similar Guardiola and Busquets are while they each played. Both Cdms, slow, great passers with similar facial features.

[@yahyaalhawati9540]

Nah not the facial features 😂

[@wyg2935]

Guardiola's defending was on par with Scholes' at best. He was nowhere near at Busquets' level

[@PRohan268]

I lost it at slow 😂

[@tomerbauer]

@@wyg2935 perhaps. But Pep was still the opening CDM in the greatest Barca team until Pep’s own coaching days

[@freedom-jm8mj]

Dofflamingo 💀💀

[@alficammy6159]

In Barca he had Busquet and in Man City he had Rodri while in Bayern Munich he had Javi Martinez and kimmich . He always had great holding cdm role in every club he managed

[@FIL1994]

Good point, Pep always needs a version of him playing on the field

[@red92diaz]

Also had Arteta a CDM as his assistant manager

[@colt2128]

ngl Rodri is so ordinary sideway passing and sometimes a good interception is the only thing I see him do he cant break the lines dribble or frontline pressure

[@madamsafwanmsabri8245]

@@colt2128 hes a physical holding mf that evolves to play in the prem his technical side lacks but is sufficient his physical prowess is what important in his role in guardiolas city since city have a lot of playmakers already

[@TEFOld_Guard]

Did you know Busquet before Pep took over FC Barcelona

[@rejectwokeness1314]

I suspect Pep just told every La Masia youngster "I'll see you in the first team in x years time"

[@BING9957]

Pretty sure he also told that boy from Rosario that he would go on to become the greatest player of all time

[@francisarinze6928]

@@semirealistichuman Messi

[@FutbolHeritage]

He's so good. He can make sheeps to fight like lions

[@rhyministerfc]

Hahahaaa

[@ilyaa2010]

@@francisarinze6928 no way

[@kjrom]

They are similar but Pep admits Busquets is the player he always wanted to be but never quite achieved. Del Bosque also said the same thing about Busquets, while Cruyff considers Busquets the most important player in Barcelona's history.

[@richcuddy4989]

Busquests the best holding midfielder to ever play the game

[@benvlielanderhein7431]

🧢 Rijkaard, Vieira, davids, keane all better

[@richcuddy4989]

@@benvlielanderhein7431 you must be crazy to think that... Even the great Roy Keane wouldn't get near Busquests

[@yao052]

Busquests the best holding midfielder to ever play Barca's game.

[@andjelkozlotvor]

P.I.R.L.O.

[@stillsmashin1529]

Rafael Marquez better

[@diulikadikaday]

These 4 players together played over 500 times for Spain

[@atty.fernandog.madarcos8724]

Didnt know Pep was more of a defensive central midfielder.. Learn something new everyday 💯 Visca Barca 💙❤️

[@Rain_berries]

He was a CDM or the Busquets of those days but he was a more attacking cdm. He use to be a goal threat and at one point the main free kick/penalty taker as well

[@jem2886]

Every club he’s been at he’s made the person in the cdm position the best in the world

[@kusholchaudhury31]

He was a Midfielder but Cryuff changed him to DM

[@warrengomez67]

Have tremendous respect for Pep as a player and manager

[@1greenMitsi]

pep had negligible defensive capability, his whole projection was in attack as a deep lying distributor. Most 1 dimensional player ever

[@muhammodnazmulahsan3211]

The best midfielder and coach pep gurdioala joseph

[@thrace4838]

Hristo Stoichkov 🇧🇬 Христо Стоичков

[@Provpsa121]

Bro pep was Fr master splinter to all the Spanish Barca greats of 2002-2015💀🙌🏻

[@LubegaEria-sz8jg]

Pep was a joy to watch

[@pervezrahman9216]

wow... 4 midfield legends idolizing another legend

[@yellfire]

If Pep hadnt met Johan Cruyff, he wouldnt have been the quality player he was or the worlds best manager he is now. His exceptionilism is all due to Cruyff

[@FIL1994]

And if Cruyff never met Rinus Michels, he never would’ve learnt Total Football. That’s just how life goes.

[@branchyapple]

@@FIL1994 and if their parents never met, he wouldn't be born😦

[@StminkenPlayz]

pep is underrated

[@tylermarcus6587]

Pep is an underrated ass player

[@bcamplite621]

And Guardiola said everything he knew about football he learnt from Michael Laudrup.

[@LucosDiCampos]

P sure a good portion of that credit goes to cruyff

[@brettervonkanada6102]

There is a bit of Laudrup in every Barca midfielder. He was one of the most influential midfielders ever and way ahead of his time. He also influenced Zidane and Davids. All the CDMs before Laudrup (although he also played CM and CAM) were either ball winners who stopped at the center line or registas who passed from the depth. But Laudrup was a moving anchor who could create multiple moving passing triangles which is an essential part of both Pep's and Busquets' playing styles.

[@FIL1994]

Was Laudrup a CDM? I thought he was a pure CAM?

[@brettervonkanada6102]

​@@FIL1994 He started as CDM at Lazio. Then he played CM most of his career but was CDM in Barca before Guardiola made the 1st team. He also played CDM occationally with Juventus and RMA. He was basically a CM who could play all 3 central roles. Even when he played CAM, there was always someone between him and the striker. The point is that he involved all 3-4 midfielders in every aspect of the play which later became tradition in La Masia, that created a role that is now known as the deep lying playmaker (often played at CDM role).

[@1greenMitsi]

Laudrup was a pure number 10, extraordinaryily underated player

[@calstonrodrigues2270]

The goat manager

[@josue123yggjxudbdufu]

Guardiola head went from a rectangle to more of a circle shape

[@sskmanentsa5326]

The greatest Spanish midfielder and player even, is Luis Suarez who was a combination of all four of those players and is arguable one of the most complete midfielders of all time.

[@FIL1994]

The only Spanish player to win the Ballon d’Or

[@sskmanentsa5326]

@@FIL1994 yes. But I don't put much weight on such an award. If the writers had given Xavi the award in 2009 and 2010, rightfully so and arguably 2011, then he would have 3 of them. Xavi was at his peak and most impactful from 2007-2012, but even with those performances there were many underlying factors which give Suarez the edge over him.

[@FIL1994]

09,10,11, when Messi won? You think Xavi should’ve won? Hmm interesting lol Messi fans will attack you for this

[@sskmanentsa5326]

@@FIL1994 well Barca we're built off great possession, control of pace, quick switches, lots of pitch coverage, great positional play and a lot of vertical motion. Dominant in midfield. The team was built around him and he obviously was the most impactful on both Spain and Barcelona. There is a reason why this dude got all those man of the match awards in those big games during that period. Fans will believe what they want to believe and any discussion with any of them lacks a lot of rational thought and a lot of emotion. They are not to be taken seriously.

[@FIL1994]

Good point, in today’s game, it’s hard to look past the players that are scoring goals and putting up stats which is why Messi got all the glory from Iniesta and Xavi. It’s like when Van Djik helped Liverpool win Champions League but Messi won Ballondor, people couldn’t fathom why a defender should win the award ahead of Messi who scored 30+ goals.

[@c.w.z3295]

Rodri , kimmich , jhon stones

[@loneranger699]

Pep was a good player but not that great, the player from that legendary Cruyff team that influenced most of these Spanish midfielders was Michael Laudrup.

[@FIL1994]

Pep was Cryuffs tactical leader on the field, that’s why Cryuff picked him from the Youth team and put him in the first team. Of course Laudrup was the attacking flair player but Guardila played the Catalan which is why the 4 midfielders I mentioned where all Catalan. They either had challenge to come out of Peps shadow (Xavi), they had the challenge of not being forced to play Peps position (Iniesta), they literally idealised Pep (Fabregas) or they emulated his playing style and position (Basquets)

[@SC-bc6tz]

I feel like you didn’t watch a lot of full Barca games back then, pep was a ridiculously intelligent player, a great leader, immaculate ball player, I could go on and on. I’d really recommend going back and watching some archive games, not just for pep who was quality (and watching him run a midfield for 90 minutes tells a completely different story to his stats) but for that whole team, it was insane, which is probably why pep doesn’t get the plaudits he deserved along with the fact his managerial career has been so iconic which most likely overshadows his fantastic but not quite as memorable playing career.

[@memergamer312]

Imagine how smart you are for calling Pep just a good player but not that great when Sir Johan Cruyff himself said that "Pep is one of the greatest midfielders of his generation."

[@echo0204]

True I watched how Laudrup played and it completely resembles Iniesta. He was everyone’s Idol in La Masia back then. Including young Iniesta, he admitted in one of the interviews

[@isaksidenius7059]

Both Xavi and Ineista idolized Michael Laudrup, they have done several interviews and you can tell by several of their moves they copied from him.

[@thefalsebaconing]

Kids of this generation will never know the legacy of Mikael Laudrup..but to be fair even people of my dad's generation always obsessed with Zidane and never acknowledged Laudrup for he was the greatest midfielder of the '90s, second only to Zidane, and one of the best of the 20th century.

[@Triple_X_X]

​@@thefalsebaconingYeah he betrayed us for Madrid just like Figo

[@RobertBlankson-m5f]

Learning is key⚽👑❤🔥💯

[@BrandonMunsonakaMrYoutuber]

Guardiola looks like he could be Busquets father

[@mohdkhairul9701]

I think in CM 2001 you could get Guardiola on free transfer and he would be an awesome midfielder.

[@alanjohn2644]

Xavi used to be Defensive midfielders in his younger days and he idolised pep for it , it was his U20 Spanish coach who said to him to play a more advanced position

[@FIL1994]

Yeah that was a constant theme for all these midfielders which was they kept on trying to create the next “Guardiola”. Xavi suffered from that and even Iniesta was forced to play CDM in his youth days

[@finaleoftheseason]

In futsal, players like Busquets or Pep is perfect to play sweeper or fixo position

[@arhunter215]

I never realized how similar Guardiola and Busquets are while they each played.

[@giganiga189]

Guardiola and chandler from mrbeast looks like the same from this picture😂😂

[@warrengomez67]

Sergio Busquets is a Pep Guardiola clone 😂

[@kusholchaudhury31]

After Busquests Guardiola created Rodri and Kimmich. Dude just knows to create the best DMs but for some reason didn't play one in the UCL finals

[@FIL1994]

Overthinking Pep always does

[@kusholchaudhury31]

@@FIL1994 most times it works sometimes doesn't . Thanks to Haaland I don't think Pep will overthink much this time

[@pertamakedua3771]

Tbh, even though guardiola's position was dm, but the way he plays was more like xavi than busquets... he was more like xavi who plays deeper than busquets

[@WitdFlo]

Busquets going to be a great coach!

[@robertomassa731]

True!

[@ajadj1105]

Same is story about Modric Niko Kranjcar in Cro team and Spurs

[@Hs.FilmStudy]

Thiago should be on this list!

[@ariereynaldy7602]

guardiola always a thing for elite CDMs and Wingbacks

[@xander-cp5nr]

Xavi, iniesta, busquets, xabi alonso, silva, fabregas, mata, cazorla

[@rs-dq3li]

You could even add Xabi alonso and David Silva to this video too

[@FIL1994]

No because they’re not Catalan

[@rs-dq3li]

@@FIL1994 still spanish midfielders? He developed Silva so much, and alonso puts his entire managerial philosophy down to guardiola fromt heir time at bayern, and applying it to Leverkusen

[@FIL1994]

@rs-dq3li Yeah for sure Xabi Alonso and many more are copying Guardiola’s managing philosophy but this video was about Guardiola the player influencing La Masia’s new generation of Midfielders who were in search of the new “Guardiola”

[@rs-dq3li]

@@FIL1994 fair enough 👍🏽

[@snommm9736]

That was when he had hair.. the good old days

[@chunky-d3204]

I would love to see a manager like guardiola do a season or 2 in the lower leagues to see just how good they are 🤔

[@samalexiyke7269]

Already done. Managed Barca B from Tercera division to Segunda division in 1 season. Barca hasn't been promoted since then

[@davidac4532]

I used to say Guardiola was a mix of Busquets and Xavi but Busi is actually Pep's clon. I remember the way to play of Pep is Busi's. Such a clon

[@JubalBed]

I wouldn't say he's that similar to Busquets. Pep wasn't strong defensively like Busquets. Pep was more of a deep lying playmaker. A modern player I think that's similar to Pep is Jorginho of Arsenal.

[@davidac4532]

@@JubalBed Jorginho? I don't think so but I respect your opinion

[@utshobmallick7583]

Don't exaggerate on the social media. You are talking like there never existed any better coach before guerdiolla and he was the best midfielders of his generation . He was overshadowed many of his compatriot players let alone other country midfielders. The pictures of early aged xavi, Iniesta was only show off before the media.

[@FIL1994]

I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.

[@warlord_0p]

MyMy

[@markpople7162]

I'd like to see pep manage a team like Everton or Tottenham...Mourinho did it with Porto, Sir Alex Ferguson did it with Aberdeen...

[@HokageUub]

I knew the main 3, did not expect Fabregas

[@rjjr3801]

Ask him to win world cup for spain as spain manager. Then his a legend. Win everything

[@FIL1994]

Managing a country team is so different to managing a club team. Pep needs his players under his control to train them, not for just a few weeks during the summer tournament

[@bluemoon1716]

I don't think he'd ever manage Spain. If Catalonia won their independence then he'd go there in a heart beat

[@rjjr3801]

@@FIL1994 thats will make him a legend. Only the great will take a challenge to manage a country squad...

[@ashtonalmond9024]

Amor... Bakero

[@siddharthshankar9931]

Ivan de la Peña

[@dominantintrovert8138]

I now see why Xavi likes playing Busi

[@Inveist]

Laudrup better than Guardiola confirmed

[@wanmanrmy]

Not even similar types of players at all to allow for a comparison. Both great in their own ways but totally different positions and styles.

[@bluemoon1716]

Different positions lad

[@Inveist]

@@bluemoon1716 oh really who would know there was a difference between cam and cm OMG GENIUS

[@FIL1994]

So why are you comparing them?

[@Gus-yl6ht]

We also have to mention De Bruyne who i think is the biggest weapon of man city

[@BlueSheepMusic]

"First, I reminded Guardiola that he'd never been a great player" Samuel Eto'o

[@victordurand3000]

He's wrong

[@memestrous]

Crazy how Pep coached Xavi and Xavi retired and is now coaching Barca while Pep coached City to a treble

[@fishyfish6510]

Pep Guardiola probably kinda hates that he had so much influence on Spain's success😂

[@harishdev9669]

Thiago alcantara

[@renardopalmer9159]

Give me Cesc all day

[@silewis9396]

Those pronunciations make it seem like you actually dont know Cruyffs team

[@patinho5589]

Should have mentioned Romario .

[@yehudipaulse3207]

Tiki taka>Jogo Bonito

[@johnmitchell2269]

" Stoycov" 😂

[@akeachmorgan8926]

one word scholes

[@diegoandreuccioli7992]

Serjo basquets

[@thehideout5218]

Still waiting for the explanation for “how” he gave them influence 😅

[@thereistheonlyone]

I'm glad all of them are from Catalonia. If you know what I mean... 😄

[@thebigbosss1000]

Yo how come half of the other players aren’t on fifa 23 hero’s/ legends

[@amirelhaddaoui6333]

And now Rodri

[@petesmart1983]

Yep with doping he got banned as soon as left Barca for doping and epo and balco scandals as manager

[@vegter_mo]

Then Rodri

[@unified95]

ever heard of Gica Popescu? Guardiola's captain, Romanian. You're welcome

[@ashutoshmallick9532]

No david silva?

[@uptimusprime7643]

🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@kcinkcin3808]

I remember Barca at that time,it was Luis Enrique .not pep.

[@Its_JustKai]

Artteta copied the style of atractting players the Pep way!

[@FIL1994]

Yes and almost every modern manager of today have copied Pep’s revolution

[@as-zm8pt]

Arteta?

[@rayan5883]

Stoichkov>>>

[@mrs7025]

Iniesta was influenced by Laudrup. Laudrup clear of Guardiola.

[@ANeph2]

Bro really said "stoikov" 💀

[@FIL1994]

😂😂😭😭

[@TenzinDorjee]

So you’re telling me Busquet will turn out to be a great coach?

[@FIL1994]

I actually think he will, most of Pep’s disciples are turning out to be great coaches

[@inBODwetrust13]

Not sure how you can make a video like this without discussing his abuse of PED's throughout his teams

[@FIL1994]

I’ve never heard about this ?

[@skavrosp1]

How does he fit all of that into a short? 🤣 Plus all footballers use peds

[@homeboi4159]

Cap. Xavi was a number 6 before Pep made him into an 8. He was a defensive playmaker.

[@DustyFC]

Point is that his qualities are better suited to an 8. That's why Yaya Toure didn't peak until he moved further forward from CDM

[@jillar78]

Pep was a good player, nothing more. There were many better midfielders at that time. He is a far better coach than the player he ever was.

[@FIL1994]

But the Catalan players I mentioned grew up idolising him

[@jillar78]

@@FIL1994 there are tons of players that grew up idolizing average players

[@bluemoon1716]

@@jillar78 if you think he was average then you are either too young or just have no ball knowledge

[@jillar78]

@@bluemoon1716 the opposite, I'm old enough to say that Pep was a good player, but nothing more. Do you want a list of better players of that era? Deschamps, Desailly, Boban, Yugovic, Albertini, Rykaard, Conte, Simeone, Sousa, Donadoni, just to name a few. All from Serie A teams. Maybe you were watching the wrong championship.

[@bluemoon1716]

@@jillar78 first you said he was average now you're backsliding and he's a good player. I think you are misunderstanding the video and what's being said. No one is saying he's the best or top 5 of all time, so you can keep your lists. But saying he's average is just wrong. Are you sure you know what you were watching?

[@Doc-q2f]

Give me unlimited funds and I’ll win everything

[@nofxcekerv6416]

U forgot the 5th messi

[@FIL1994]

Messi didn’t look up to Pep as he isn’t a midfielder

[@nofxcekerv6416]

@@FIL1994 i thought u meant “influenced” by trained them

[@FIL1994]

No mate, influenced as in the players brought through La Masia where the players are trying to be the next Guardiola. Pep never trained Fabregas but he idolised Pep

[@nofxcekerv6416]

@@FIL1994 i thought you meant sum else dats on me

[@FIL1994]

No worries mate

[@haikelareff]

duhh

[@Its.not_forever]

And he belittles his own career 😂

[@wyg2935]

Except that Busquets defends much much MUCH better than prime Guardiola. Both are slow and likes to ping passes and being the focal point of the team, but Sergio is taller and way more accomplished at tackling and defending than Pep I've had the opportunity to watch some live Barcelona games at the time of Pep still being a player, the difference is that BIG

[@RonnieFCB]

Pep es mas completo que Busquets, defensivamente parecidos, en pases cortos/largos y lectura del juego Guardiola era el mejor del Mundo. Ademas si ves el video lanzaba faltas de maravilla y eso teniendo en su equipo a Koeman, Hagi, Rivaldo, Laudrup, Romario, Figo y muchos otros en su etapa del Barça en la cual le quitaban muchas veces tener la posibilidad de lanzar faltas. Nunca vi a Busquets en esa faceta, ni casi meter goles de cabeza siendo mucho mas alto y podiendo ser poderoso arriba de cabeza. Pep era el cerebro total del juego del Dream Team, y Busquets era la tercera pieza del juego del Pep Team, primero Xavi e Iniesta y luego él.

[@crazylizard1889]

Xavi and Iniesta said they drew inspiration from Paul Scholes

[@jamesmassin7982]

Pep was very average as a Barca player, like Arteta is a far better manager then he was a player, so is Pep

[@FIL1994]

I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.

[@jamesmassin7982]

@@FIL1994 bullshit. Your just name dropping. Laudrop & Stochkov/Romario we’re much more integral to Barca. Pep (no disrespect) was a journey man player, much like Deschamp was. In terms of Barca DNA again not Pep it was Zubizeretta and Ferrer & Nadal who played most games.

[@FIL1994]

How can he be a journey man and play 382 times for Barcelona and win 6 league titles.

[@jamesmassin7982]

@@FIL1994 ask Cantona how Deschaump can be a journey man too! The expression is more of a derogatory term for what you would call a CDM (in todays language) or Nr 6 (in FIFA, a popular computer game language)! Don’t get me wrong, anyone playing for Barca is going to be good, remember, Barca had just won there 1st Champions League (and what a game that was against Vialli & Manchini’s Sampdoria. But not at the same standard as todays Pep’s or Rykaraads Barca

[@FIL1994]

Check out my channel, I have a video about the history between Cantona & Deschamps.

[@jc-16.]

This crazy narrative that xavi couldn't dribble, people obviously didn't watch him play, especially when he was young. Baffling

[@FIL1994]

Well Iniesta was a better dribbler, that’s what I was saying

[@jc-16.]

@@FIL1994 then choose your words better.

[@waynebrady1819]

​@@jc-16. Nobody said Xavi was a bad dribbler. He only said Iniesta was a better dribbler, which is absolutely correct. Maybe you should choose to listen better.

[@jc-16.]

@@waynebrady1819 you may think he's a better dribbler. I think xavi evolved his game.

[@Boyd2ubaikie]

​@@jc-16. you're out of your mind if you don't think iniesta was a better dribbler than Xavi. Xavi was definitely a good dribbler tho

[@neilphipps806]

I mean, does this obvious stuff need to be a reel?

[@FIL1994]

Of course, it may be obvious to you but it’s not the case for many other people

[@bojanmilenkovic2043]

Pep wasn't even in the top 50 middle fielders at the time

[@ENO_BORNEO]

Dulu rambutnya tebal..knpa skrg jadi gundul?

[@therahul5304]

B

[@Erak_3]

Stop making Guardiola a good Player he never was on that Level

[@FIL1994]

I didn’t say Pep was one of the best midfielders, I simply said he was an integral part of a legendary Barcelona team where he out of everyone envisioned the Catalan way of playing.

[@jokesonu3412]

Pure bs

[@Vibes_FC]

Cap

[@wayneessien3674]

Yaya toure was way better than busquet 😊

[@divyenduraina]

I didn't even think about Cesc, thought the 4th was gonna be David Silva

[@FIL1994]

Yeah the overall point of the video was Pep’s influence on La Masia and how those kids are trained to approach Football. David Silva is from the Valencia region I believe.

[@BLIND3D-_-]

Bs