Pep Guardiola was all smiles as he spoke forward of Manchester Metropolis’s pre-season pleasant towards Palermo tonight. The top coach spoke to DAZN, and was stuffed with reward for his opposition supervisor: Filippo Inzaghi.
The Metropolis boss, a daily customer to Italy throughout his enjoying and training profession, has been in a relaxed temper throughout the workforce’s preparations. Nonetheless, one subject particularly caught his consideration: Kevin De Bruyne’s transfer to Napoli.
Kevin De Bruyne in pre-season coaching with Napoli.
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Guardiola on De Bruyne exit: ‘Unusual’
The Belgian playmaker, who established himself as a Metropolis and Premier League legend over the previous decade beneath Guardiola, ended his time in Manchester this summer time and left on a free switch to The switch had been one of many largest speaking factors earlier within the window and sparking debate about how he’ll modify to Conte’s famously demanding coaching classes.
“It feels just a little unusual to see him coaching with Napoli,” Guardiola admitted, “however I and the entire Metropolis household care deeply for Kevin and we’re constructive that he’ll do good issues in his time in Italy and that he’ll study new issues from a high coach like Conte, one of many perfect each now and all time. I hope that he, his spouse and his entire household really feel at residence in Italy.”
‘Pippo Inzaghi was an important striker’ – Guardiola
Guardiola then turned his consideration to Palermo supervisor Filippo Inzaghi, expressing his admiration for the previous striker.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Filippo Inzaghi, Head Coach of US Salernitana, seems on previous to the Coppa Italia Spherical of 16 match between Juventus FC and US Salernitana at Allianz Stadium on January 04, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
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“A sly fox within the space, he may scent the place the ball was going to finish up,” Guardiola stated with a smile. “The good strikers are those who sense first the place the ball will go, as a result of in the event you arrive a second too late, it’s already gone. He had this nice sense of objective and as a coach he’s nonetheless younger however has already finished good issues. I want him all the very best.”