“He is currently the best player in Manchester City Squad currently, I would pay £200million to have him at my club-Darren Bent says he’d pay £200m to have Man City man at his club, it’s not Haaland
Darren Bent is willing to spend £200 million for a Manchester City player, but it is not Haaland. The club is currently at its top performance.
From top to bottom, City is conducted in a manner that several of Europe’s elite teams would aspire to, with Manchester United also hiring former staffers Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox.
Pep Guardiola is in charge of this Manchester City team, and he continues to raise the bar tactically, both in terms of how much silverware he accumulates and the standards he sets season after season.
City’s roster includes not just some of the finest players in the world, but also people who never appear to rest on their laurels and are profoundly committed to enhancing their standards both individually and collectively.
With such variables in place, it is no surprise that the English titans have thrived under Guardiola’s leadership.
It is difficult to identify a single element that has resulted in them being an exclusive club.
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Murillo of Nottingham Forest remarked that City, along with Real Madrid, is the ultimate destination for any player these days.
However, Pep Guardiola is at the vanguard of the club’s ascension.
While the Sky Blues enjoyed success under Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini, clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich remained the crème of European football.
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Bent makes a fresh Pep Guardiola accusation.
However, since Pep Guardiola’s arrival, Manchester City has improved dramatically.
So much so that in May, Stephen Warnock told Sky Sports that this City team is the greatest ever in Premier League history.
As excellent as Mancini and Pellegrini’s title-winning squads were in 2012 and 2014, such statements may not be made about them.
When asked how much Darren Bent would spend to hire Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on talkSPORT, he replied: “A lot, break the bank, mate, full budget.”
Andy Goldstein questioned Bent, “Would you pay £200 million?
The pundit immediately answered that he would pay £200 million, stating, “Yeah.”
Goldstein asked again, “Would you?”
Darren Bent said, “You have to.”
Pep Guardiola can alter a club in ways that not many players can.
Finally, Pep Guardiola adds a degree of singular talent to any club that can be transformational in ways that even some of the best players in the world cannot.
The £378,846-per-week man’s tactical ideas appear to set the tone for how most of the world’s football is played, an influence that no one player can have.
As a result, Guardiola guarantees that every squad he supervises stays one step ahead of the curve.
By the time the majority of teams appear to have adapted to the Catalan’s ideas, he has either reverted to his old tactical basics or devised his next master plan.
With Pep Guardiola’s presence being a major reason why players sign for the clubs he manages, as well as the respect he commands in any dressing room, Darren Bent’s claim is understandable, given that £200 million would be the fee demanded for one of, if not the best player in the world.
