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Pep Guardiola, the man who will be in the opposing dugout when Liverpool travels to face Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime, has had the pleasure of coaching some of the best players in the history of football.
And that’s just to pick six names from what is an unbeatable list. You could probably make at least five XIs of players coached by Guardiola that would be good enough to win the Champions League.
Even before he arrived at City, he oversaw perhaps the greatest to ever do it in Lionel Messi, and two midfielders idolized the world over in Xavi and Iniesta. His next managerial stop at Bayern gave him the chance to work with Robert Lewandowski, a historically prolific striker, and more legendary midfielders like Xabi Alonso and Toni Kroos.
