List of players who have CLEARLY improved at City under Pep:
-Kyle Walker
-Sterling
-Gundogan
-Aguero
-Zinchecko
-Laporte
-Kevin De Bruyne
-Leroy Sane
-Bernado Silva
-Fernandinho
-Ederson
-Otamendi
-Phil Foden
-Riyad Mahrez
-Gabriel Jesus (very limited player but still improved under Pep)
Flops:
-Nolito
-Mendy (so far)
-Danilo
-John Stones (so far)
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Players improved under Valverde:
-Lenglet (?)
-Alba
-MAtS
Flops:
-Malcom
-Coutinho
-Paulinho
-Semedo (so far)
-Deulofeu
-Mina
-Dembele (so far)
-Murillo
-KPB
-Alena (so far)
Is Gundogan better than at Dortmund?
Is Aguero better than before?
Scored 32 and 30 goals under Pep per season.
Scored 33, 32 and 29 in 3 seasons before Pep.
Mahrez, won a title with a crappy Leicester, scoring 17 goals.
How on Earth has he improved under Pep?
Btw, one more interesting thing: Pep is buying majority of his players.
So, he is usually buying YOUNG players and who fit a needed profile.
Yet, at Barca, a board and a sporting director is picking Dembeles, Malcoms and similar.
If a manager is picking players for transfers, it is less likely that they will flop.
Imagine if Pep came here and Barca randomly sign Neymar, Dembele and Malcom while he asked for let's say Rodri.
Again, EV sucks.
But you guys are mulitplying it for 10 times.
Interesting that both 2 best coaches in the world: Pep and Klopp are in EPL.
And they are both allowed to BUY players whom they want.
Also, majority of their core players are YOUNG players whom THEY picked.
So, players are:
1. young
2. have potential
3. have a perfect profile
Klopp bought:
2015:
24 years old Firmino
2016:
24 years old Mane
26 years old Wijnaldum
2017:
25 years old Salah
23 years old Robertson
27 years old Van Dijk
So:
1. he is picking players for his system
2. he is buying young players, but not too young, like Barca: Dembele 20, Malcom 21 etc.
He is buying more in a range of 23-26 years.
At Barca, EV doesn't know whether we will lose Dembele, Coutinho, Raki, Vidal or Semedo in order to get Neymar, whom nobody wants except Barto.
Again, EV sucks.
But don't you think that it is the same to work and build a team at Barca where Barto is buying random Galactico signings (and Robert is buying crappy 22 year olds from Valencia), or at City and Liverpool where you can buy whom you want and you get a 3-4-5 years long contract?