Pep Guardiola has coached a significant number of players during his time as Manchester City’s manager.
Since arriving at the Etihad Stadium back in 2016, the 53-year-old has overlooked 476 games in total across all competitions.
In terms of the players he’s used at the Manchester club, 89 players have featured for the Blues under Guardiola.
With the Spaniard in the midst of his ninth season in charge of the Citizens, a pundit has pinpointed one particular figure in the City squad he thinks has benefited massively from being coached by Guardiola.
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Pundit hails Rodri’s development under Pep Guardiola at Man City
Appearing in a recent video shared on the ESPN FC YouTube channel, Craig Burley had this to say about Rodri and how he has developed at City under Guardiola.
He said: “I just love this player.
“He’s another example of not just talent but coaching because he’s another player that since he’s gone under the tutelage of the Manchester City manager he’s got better.
“Because when he went into City, he was a really good player, really solid but there was one or two people looking at him going he’s a bit slow doing this, he’s a bit slow doing that, but every year he’s got better and better to the stage now he’s a great player.
“He’s absolutely one of the best in his position on the planet and that’s testament to his manager, his teammates but testament to him. Very level-headed, will score goals, will cover the full-backs, will link up the play.
“Never ever, ever hides, will always show to help a teammate out if they’re under pressure, even if he’s under pressure with somebody right up his backside putting him under the sword, he’ll always show.
“Just a terrific player I think to have as a manager.”
Rodri has been a top signing for City
City paid £62m to sign Rodri from Atletico Madrid back in the 2019 summer transfer window.
Since then, the Spaniard has made 257 appearances for City across all competitions, scoring 26 goals and delivering 30 assists along the way.
Earlier this month, Rodri said that Guardiola has given him the final piece of the jigsaw in terms of knowing how to play football in the way the City manager wants as well as how to read the game.
With all of that in mind, it’s clear that Rodri and Guardiola have benefited from working with each other and that the club have certainly profited from this in terms of how many trophies they have won since the midfielder arrived in Manchester.
