Legends of the Touchline: An Inside Look at Playing Under Wenger, Guardiola, Mourinho, and Conte

You played under some of the most successful managers, starting, obviously, with the granddaddy of them all, Arsene Wenger. Well, he’s the professor. He’s like my second dad. Sometimes you need that person to trust you, to believe in you, to give you the opportunities. You do bad, and he gives it again, and he gives it again. And I don’t see my career without arson. Pep Guardiola. He was my idol when I was little. I was wearing number four at the Academy of Barcelona because of him. So, yeah, he was a reference for me. José Mourinho. Fantastic how he plays with the players, mind. He’s a proper, proper winner. And, uh, yeah, I had one of the best years of my career under him. Antonio Conte. He’s a hard, hard coach. He made me think about football in another way, which is his way. And that shows that sometimes it’s not only one way of winning. As you’ve transitioned into management, which have you spoken to the most? Probably Arsene, because I’ve met with him a couple of times. I saw, uh, Mourinho at the airport. Ha ha. Yeah. But the. The most is Arsene.