Sentence examples for appoint Guardiola from inspiring English sources

Nobody really expected Bayern to appoint Guardiola.

It was he who persuaded the Barcelona board to appoint Guardiola as first-team coach in 2008.

Manchester City are the favourites to appoint Guardiola, but Manchester United have been mentioned as a possible destination for the former Barcelona manager.

That initially left Bayern in an awkward position, having already decided to appoint Guardiola, high priest of the style demolished by their outgoing coach Jupp Heynckes.

Laporta appointed Guardiola as coach; Rosell inherited him.

By appointing Guardiola you are signing up to a style of football, not just a crammed trophy cabinet.

Instead of appointing Guardiola, the former Barcelona and currently unattached manager, the Brazilian Football Confederation has named Luiz Felipe Scolari as the man to take the national team into the World Cup that Brazil will host in 2014.

Both of these clubs would love to appoint Pep Guardiola as manager but he is going to Manchester City instead.

A key part of the mix has been the humility to study and bring in the best of what they see around them - Bayern's decision to appoint Pep Guardiola as next year's coach is an acknowledgement of the debt they already owe to Barcelona.

"If (appointing Guardiola) was possible we would look into it," Berlusconi said.

In his weekly column for Italian daily sports newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, the former A.C. Milan coach Arrigo Saachi drew parallels between the way in which Moratti has entrusted Stramaccioni with first-team duties and how Barcelona's president, Joan Laporta, had done the same when he appointed Pep Guardiola four years ago.