Pep Guardiola

By: Guillem Balague

Narrated by: William Glasswell

Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

This fully updated edition of the international best seller includes Pep Guardiola's Bayern years and his decision to join Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola is the most successful and sought after football coach in the world. After being appointed first-team manager in 2008, he transformed Barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, winning an unprecedented 13 trophies in four years. Following a shock sabbatical from the game, he replaced Jupp Heynckes at the helm of Bayern Munich at the start of the 2013-14 season, twice winning the Double in his three years in charge. He then announced that he would be joining Manchester City for the 2016-17 season, thereby beginning what could prove to be his greatest challenge yet: turning them into a team that consistently wins in the most difficult of leagues and a regular challenger in the Champions League...and doing it the Guardiola way.

Guillem Balagué has followed Pep's career from the outset and has had direct access to the man and his inner circle. This, then, is the definitive portrait of Pep Guardiola and his relentless pursuit of footballing perfection.

©2012 Guillem Balague (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group

Great storytelling

This is the first audiobook I listened to here via Audible, and it didn't disappoint. The author did a nice job with the chronological flow of Pep Guardiola's story while inserting tidbits we don't know yet. I also like how he cited sources, both himself and external ones, when doing so.

As for the narrator, I'd have to agree with the same sentiment of other listeners that it could use a little improvement with some of the mispronounciations of names. While he delivers the lines clearly, I felt mixing it up and showing some emotion could add even more to the story.

I feel satisfied overall, and this audiobook should be able to feed you the necessary stuff regarding, in my opinion, the best football manager in tje world today.

Loaded with insight.

The information and experience that Pep shares with the readers in this book is priceless. As an obsessed person with the sport, and particularly Pep's style of play, there is so much to be learned from this man. From his time in Barcelona to Munich and now Manchester, you'd be stubborn to say you walked away from this book without having learned something. The narrator wasn't the best in my opinion but I repeat, the information that Pep shares with the author is priceless. He's a gem for this generation of spectators of football.

Pronunciation

I don’t think this person could have mispronounced more names if he had tried. Seems a bit shocking that you would hire a narrator to tell a story and not learn how to pronounce so many key names that get repeated dozens upon dozens of times. I loved the book but this was a tough lesson.

Most of the player names are mispronounced!!

How can a sports audibook be considered credible if most of the player names are butchered! Shame on you Mr Ballague for not honouring the stars you are privileged to write about.