Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich

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With 14 trophies to his name and his legend established for building what many believe to be the greatest team of all time, Pep Guardiola quit FC Barcelona in July 2012 to take a year-long sabbatical from football. After months of being feted by club owners around the world desperate for his signature, Guardiola made a surprise move by signing for German superclub Bayern Munich in January 2013, as Bayern were in the midst of securing an historic Treble. Taking over at a club enjoying such success seemed to many pundits to be an impossible and thankless task - where could Guardiola possibly take them next? It is a question that Guardiola has answered in spectacular fashion, casting his inimitable style on the team to further develop their play and guiding them to the UEFA Super Cup, the Club World Cup title and to the retention of the Bundesliga title with a record seven games still to play in the season, reinforcing his reputation as one of the finest managerial minds the game has ever seen.

Marti Perarnau, former Spanish Olympiad turned journalist, is a renowned football analyst. He writers for a number of Spanish newspapers and runs the hugely popular Perarnau Magazine blog. He lives in Barcelona.

'Access inside the changing room and behind the scenes that any journalist or writer would kill for - Perarnau's insights are astonishing' - Graham Hunter 'Write about everything you see. Be as critical as you like' - Pep Guardiola to Mari Perarnau, summer 2013 'insightful' - Guardian 'Extraordinary' - Hugh MacDonald, Herald 'One of the most influential sports books to be written in years' - Scotland Now; 'a fine insight into the strains of management', 'one for the students of the game' - Observer; 'enthralling stuff' - Irish Examiner; 'This book should be compulsory reading for potential employers and opponents alike' - Independent on Sunday