AP, Munich :
It’s like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo becoming available for absolutely nothing while still coveted stars of the game. But this is all happening off the field.
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, two of soccer’s shrewdest minds and most successful coaches, are available – one right now, one at the end of the season – with no compensation fees required to buy them out of their contracts.
They are for hire in contrasting circumstances but surely no less desirable.
Mourinho’s reputation has been bruised by being fired for a second time by Chelsea. Guardiola is opting to walk away from Bayern Munich at the end of the season, leaving on his own terms in June just as he did at Barcelona.
It’s like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo becoming available for absolutely nothing while still coveted stars of the game. But this is all happening off the field.
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, two of soccer’s shrewdest minds and most successful coaches, are available – one right now, one at the end of the season – with no compensation fees required to buy them out of their contracts.
They are for hire in contrasting circumstances but surely no less desirable.
Mourinho’s reputation has been bruised by being fired for a second time by Chelsea. Guardiola is opting to walk away from Bayern Munich at the end of the season, leaving on his own terms in June just as he did at Barcelona.
