The Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini, who knows first hand The league Spanish and the Premier English, considers that “the Premier is the most complete”, while stating that “where the best football is played is in Spain, although the same here are the players a little slower.”
During an interview with ESPN, Manuel Pellegrini, who criticized the ways of Koeman -without quoting- for saying over the phone to soccer players like Luis Suarez That he did not have them, he was questioned about which league was better, the Spanish or the English. “As a global idea of what a league has to be, the Premier is without a doubt the most complete. But I also think that football is best played in Spain. Even more so when they coincided Messi, at Barcelona, and Cristiano Ronaldo, at Real Madrid. Technically, The league It is better than the Premier. The same here the players are a little slower, but with a lot of show, “said the” Engineer, “as the Chilean coach is nicknamed in his country.
Regarding the possibility of one day directing the national team of his country, Pellegrini -that in a few weeks turns 67- indicated that “of course.” “For that I have always had the same answer. Maybe it's not good to say it, but it would be difficult for me to direct another team that was not Chile. It would be hard for me to play against Chile”.
Anyway, Pellegrini He prefers to coach a club while he can: “Working in the national teams bores me. Because the players play in Europe on Sundays and they arrive on Monday. They have to rest, they play on Friday and Tuesday, and they leave. In other words, there is no work base where one can instill some football ideas. There are five or six FIFA dates in the year, and the rest of the year is administrative work. Instead, working in a club is day to day. I like to compete on Sundays, generate adrenaline … As long as I have a club that convinces me with the project, I will try to continue in clubs. When there is no club that really loves me or interests me, I will return to Chile and I would love to have a space to the extent that the Chilean National Team was not directed by another coach ”.