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Van der Vaart: 'Prime Barca under Guardiola was 10x better than current Man City'

Ziggo Sport

 was 10x better than current Man City," former Real Madrid player 

] played a good game and got destroyed 6-2 at the Bernabéu,” the Dutchman added. 

Van Der Vaart's argument are hard to refute. 

 won three consecutive La Liga titles and also won the 

 twice under Pep - that's something the current Man City side are yet to win. 

However, there's a strong argument that Barca were ruthless at that time because they had an unstoppable 

 and Iniesta pulling the strings from midfield. 

Wayne Rooney: 'I'd love to have played for Pep Guardiola'

 has written for his column on The Times.

"I look at how he develops people as players and individuals, at what he is doing with 

. You look at how he has changed his back line this season, the progress of 

 and so many examples of his work," the Englishman explained.

Well, it's hard to imagine a player who wouldn't want to train under Guardiola.

It's still special to hear something like this from Rooney, though, who spent the most of his career at 

. He became the club's icon – yet he has his unfulfilled dreams.

 beat Man United twice when Rooney was there – both times in the 

Wayne Rooney says Messi and Ronaldo era is over, names new best player in the world -- not Mbappe

's days of dominating world football are now over.

Speaking in his latest column for The Times

 is the best footballer in the world right now.

"Messi is the greatest but, at this moment, nobody is playing better than a striker who — even though I broke records in that position myself — takes my breath away with the levels he’s reaching.

"He’s the best in the world because of the numbers he’s posting, the performances he’s putting in and the mentality he shows.

"If you’re looking at who is going to win the 

 then it has got to be him, providing he keeps up his form of this season. And why wouldn’t he? A record of 224 goals in 264 games is the mark of a player whose standards don’t drop.

"We’ve had the era of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, now this is his time, the era of Haaland and 

. When there is a talent like him around you just have to enjoy it."

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Fact.... Don't joke with prime barca, it's like playing with 🔥 🔥 🔥

shamzz

u have no point oga.
hw on Earth will u say city can control the game even better than Barca.
u r a comedian oga

Isaac Endurance

Listen and learn.
Barca were more out and out attacking so we got turned over more easily.

Can u not remember  losing to Chelsea , Bayern Munich  7-0 , Inter Milan , in the UCL semi finals.

Bro that Barca should’ve won 8 UCLS but the truth is  we attacked more better than defending .

City are more complete as a team , hardly ever give the ball away.

barcelonafan1622151469303423862

The short answer to this, is capital YES my brother.

Digama Dee Football Fan.

Pep has a group of players who do exactly what he wants them to do otherwise they get dropped .
He’s learned his lessons over the years  so now it’s all about possession of the football , circle your opponent even if it’s boring , sometimes Haaland touches the ball 4 times in a half and  looks frustrated but  Pep has told him to be patient

City don’t have Messi  Xavi and Iniesta  that’s true  and I  think Barca would beat this City team  but  there’s not that much btwn them.
City  are playing  possession football  as a team better than anyone has ever done it .
The difference is  that Barca team had better individual players who could kill you  anytime , anywhere!
Barca were more exciting to watch than City , more magic entertainment.but City can control a game even better than Barca , defensively better than Peps Barca IMO

No one is saying who's time is it, the question is, he's right or not? I agree with him 💯%

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	20
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	18
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	17
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16

Van der Vaart: 'Prime Barca under Guardiola was 10x better than current Man City'

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