The Frenchman revolutionised English football but stopped moving with the times, and his quest for beauty has too often come at the expense of results
“All the success we had in the past, and what happens in the future, it depends on the players. They are the artists. We are there just to help.”
“I define myself as an optimist. My constant battle in this business is to get out there what is beautiful in man.”
The first is a quote from Pep Guardiola. The second from Arsene Wenger.
The two men, broadly, share the same football philosophy - for their players to express themselves and bring joy to those watching - but their differing approaches mean only one of them has consistently managed to marry style and substance in the past decade.