How Manchester City embraced the Barcelona blueprint | Sid Lowe http://t.co/Uyk462FvZG via @guardian
How Manchester City embraced the Barcelona blueprint
There is a glint in Joan Laporta’s eye as he recalls the conversation that he had with Pep Guardiola in the spring of 2008. The decision had already been made that Franck Rijkaard wouldn’t continue beyond the end of the season and Barcelona’s then president called in the B-team coach to tell him that the board thought that he, a 38-year-old with no first-team experience, was the ideal man to take over.