13/05/2023
The making of Sergio Busquets Burgos.
Pep Guardiola on Busquets:
"We were in Barcelona's second team, and we were competing in the fourth division. I was turning it around in my head a lot. Something is missing in midfield I need a player who only knows what I'm thinking, at that time. I wasn't mature enough to understand the mind of young players."
"I just tried to simplify the language for them, but this affected what I wanted to reach, and one day Tito and I were sitting watching the training of the third team, I wasn't looking at the team closely until Tito said to me: Look at that C-defender.
"Slow like a turtle and not good at fighting back, then I saw him for the first time, yes he was a bad defender, but I noticed that he could take the ball out in a way I had not seen before, I jumped from my place and went to the scouts and told them what is the name of this player?"
"They told me his name is Sergio, he came to Tito and said: Our team is bad and we don't need another bad defender! I told him don't rush to understand it first. Busquets rose to the second team and shifted his position from the center of defence to the fulcrum until Tito started laughing: A tall and skinny fulcrum player? Are you crazy babe!!"
"I told him: What should I do with his physical strength? All I wanted from him is to get the ball out the right way, nothing more, and since Busquets started playing with us, we have been improving day by day, and he was the only one who could understand my difficult language and apply it on the field."
"I gave him the captain's armband, and when I caught the first team I said I'd take Busquets, Pedro and Jeffrin. Cruyff told me Pedro is good and Jeffrin too, but what will we do with such a weak defender when we have Puyol, Marquez and Milito?"
I said to him: And who told you that he is a defensive heart?
Cruyff: Will he bring you bottles of water during the meeting?
I laughed and told him: No, he is a pivot player
He then described me as crazy and told me that you are risking my training career from the beginning. I did not care about him and told them you will see what he can do."
After the first year and the great level, he presented in his position
Johan Cruyff told me: It's one of the few times I misjudged a player's career
I told him: I can tell you that I understand football more whenever it is under Sergio's feet
He's exceptional, Yoha. Pep Guardiola on Busquets β€οΈ
Via: Enock Kobina Essel Nìccolo Makavile