{"id":52577,"date":"2026-05-22T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52577"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:08:50","slug":"luis-enrique-calls-pep-guardiola-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-says-he-changed-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/luis-enrique-calls-pep-guardiola-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-says-he-changed-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Enrique calls Pep Guardiola the \u201cGreatest Manager of All Time\u201d, says he changed the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">In a heartfelt tribute, Paris Saint-Germain manager <strong>Luis Enrique<\/strong> has declared <strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong> as the greatest football manager in history. The comments come amid ongoing speculation about Guardiola\u2019s future at Manchester City.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Luis Enrique\u2019s Emotional Praise for Pep Guardiola<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">When asked about the possibility of Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City, Luis Enrique didn\u2019t hold back. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cPep Guardiola is the greatest manager of all time. I don\u2019t want to believe it [that he\u2019s leaving]. I want him to be around for many more years. He is the number one, he is the best manager. He is a role model. Not just because of the trophies, but because he changed the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The former Barcelona and Spain coach added with a mix of admiration and humour:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cHow dare you to move full backs inside the pitch?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Guardiola\u2019s Revolutionary Impact on Football<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Enrique specifically highlighted how Pep didn\u2019t just win trophies \u2014 <strong>he changed the game itself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Key innovations often associated with Guardiola include:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>Inverted Full-Backs<\/strong> \u2014 The famous tactical shift that shocked traditional football thinking (hence Enrique\u2019s playful \u201cHow dare you!\u201d remark).<\/li>\n<li>Possession-based football taken to new extremes.<\/li>\n<li>Positional play and build-up structures that influenced an entire generation of coaches.<\/li>\n<li>High-pressing and tactical fluidity that redefined modern attacking football.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Since taking over at Barcelona in 2008, Guardiola has won <strong>multiple Champions League titles<\/strong>, record Premier League titles with Manchester City, and transformed clubs in Spain, Germany, and England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartfelt tribute, Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique has declared Pep Guardiola as the greatest football manager in history\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":52578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52579,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions\/52579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}