Guardiola, close to losing Lillo

The soccer father of several of the best coaches in the world returns to take the reins of a bench. Juanma Lillo is close to accepting Al-Sadd’s proposalthe great Qatari team, with which he would become head coach again, for which he would leave City.

The one who has been Pep Guardiola’s assistant in recent seasons successfully would thus take the place of Xavi Gracia, who was proclaimed Qatari champion last season. It is the same club in which Xavi took a giant step in his career before signing for Barça.

Lillo looked strong enough to lead again. Her work with Guardiola has been praised by everyone, including Pep himself. He is, for the Santpedor coach, a teacher whose ideas have been fundamental to understanding the almost perfect functioning of City.

In addition, coinciding with the World Cup year, many of Al Sadd’s international players will be with the national team and therefore it will be necessary to draw on the talents of the academy and the U-23s, mission for which Lillo is perfect for his ability to teach the game and the values ​​he always transmits.

prolific career

The Basque has been a solo coach at numerous clubs. His first steps were taken in Tolosa, Mirandés and Cultural until he reached Salamanca, with which he made history by reaching the First Division. Later he was in Oviedo, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Ciudad de Murcia and Terrassa before making his first leap abroad in Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico.

He returned to train Real Sociedad and Almería, in the First Division, although it was in South America with Millonarios, Atlético Nacional and with the Chilean national team As Sampaoli’s second, how he once again made his name high as a great theoretician and strategist, which also led him to Sevilla at the hands of Sampaoli.

Before arriving in Manchester after receiving the call from Guardiola, he was in Vissel Kobe in Japan and Qingdao Huanghai in China. With Pep he returned to the world spotlight, although in the shadow of the best coach in the world. Now he is close to resuming his career in Qatar and at the gates of the World Cup being held there and as coach of Al-Sadd.