Valentí Guardiola: "My son will have to change the mindset of English football"

After Manchester City announced Pep Guardiola will be next coach next season, his father Valentí was interviewed by BBC, where he talked about his son.

Goal

• "He will look to carry on the football of his Barcelona and Bayern teams."
• "Winning, winning. That is what drove him. Winning but also playing football in a certain way, because at the clubs he was at his style changed the way the team played."

Style

• "Passing, passing, passing then at the right moment, bam, in the goal! None of the long-ball stuff. He never liked that."
• "He has this attitude to football [as an art form.] Not just to win, but to win in a distinctive way that entertains the public."
• "The style of football I see in England, I doubt he has that in mind I mean, the football is very different. For that reason, I think he will have to change the mindset of English football."

Future

• "I think he will be happy - he wouldn't be leaving if not. Right now in Germany, he is held in very high esteem."
• "He was born for football. He liked everything - cinema, theatre - but he lived and lives for football."

Personality

• "He has always been a leader. Even when he was playing with his contemporaries as a kid, he was the one orchestrating things, taking the lead. We didn't know where this instinct came from, with him being so young."
• "They can expect to see someone with great humanity. They will be very happy because he has never disrespected anyone, he is very well-mannered and polite."
• "They can be sure that 24 hours a day he will be focused on football - on their next opponents, on tactics. For 24 hours a day he will be looking at ways to bring success to his team. I am certain about that."