Europa League tie hands Pep Guardiola’s former assistant a return to the club he supports as manager of the struggling Turkish giants
A man with 14 major honours won at Barcelona returns to the Camp Nou on Thursday night. It is not Pep Guardiola but his former assistant Domènec Torrent, who was at his friend’s side for more than a decade before trying to make a name in his own right.
Torrent took over as Galatasaray’s manager in January with the team 12th – their worst finish is 11th – after Fatih Terim was sacked amid a crisis engulfing the club. There have been green shoots of promise under the Catalan and the players are embracing his ideas but the challenge in their Europa League last-16 tie is mountainous against a Barcelona team revived under Xavi Hernández, who played an integral role in the club’s success during Torrent’s time there.
Continue reading…Europa League tie hands Pep Guardiola’s former assistant a return to the club he supports as manager of the struggling Turkish giantsA man with 14 major honours won at Barcelona returns to the Camp Nou on Thursday night. It is not Pep Guardiola but his former assistant Domènec Torrent, who was at his friend’s side for more than a decade before trying to make a name in his own right.Torrent took over as Galatasaray’s manager in January with the team 12th – their worst finish is 11th – after Fatih Terim was sacked amid a crisis engulfing the club. There have been green shoots of promise under the Catalan and the players are embracing his ideas but the challenge in their Europa League last-16 tie is mountainous against a Barcelona team revived under Xavi Hernández, who played an integral role in the club’s success during Torrent’s time there. Continue reading…[#item_full_content]