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Xavi Says Pep Guardiola Can Win ‘3 or 4 Trophies’ at Manchester City This Season
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi feels as though Manchester City are capable of winning three or four trophies in 2016-17 with Pep Guardiola at the helm.
The renowned coach has enjoyed a brilliant start to life at the Etihad Stadium, winning all five of his Premier League games in charge, including a memorable triumph over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Xavi, who played under Guardiola at the Camp Nou, feels as though there is more to come, per Thomas Unsworth of Goal:
Pep is a winner. He will want to win it all this season, and with the squad Manchester City have there is no reason he can’t achieve that.
He won the treble with Barcelona and he can win three or four trophies this season. He will want to win it all, of course, the league and Champions League are special—but his ambition will be to win every competition.
They’re lofty ambitions, but as noted by Xavi, not something Guardiola hasn’t achieved before. In his first season with Barcelona he secured a memorable treble, and City are already looking very much like the team to beat in the Premier League.
The style of football that his team have played in the opening weeks of the Premier League season is unmatched elsewhere in English football. Bleacher Report’s Rob …
