Supporter, ball boy, youth team player, ideologue, captain, coach, legend ... enemy.
He is now; for some, he already was.
Pep Guardiola returns to the Camp Nou on Wednesday night. He was there in March, hiding a big smile behind an even bigger scarf while sitting alongside his parents and his friend Manuel Estiarte as Lionel Messi nutmegged Manchester City's James Milner. He was there as a fan -- he had to abandon his original idea of heading to the game by foot, following the route he trod when he was younger, strolling past the Princesa Sofia hotel -- but there he was, a season ticket holder sitting in his seat at the back of the lower tier in the main stand.