Cesc had played for Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger during his gaming career. But he gives advice from former AC Milan and Juventus coach Capello Motivared him to stay with his approach.
He reminded himself of LL Corriere Dello Sport: “There are many ways to play football and you can't exclude it.
“(Diego) Simeone wins in his own way, Guardiola in his, as well as José and (Antonio) Conte. They are all different styles, but it's really football.
“It is important to believe in what you do. I could easily tell my boys, let's play long balls and win the second ball. But I would not know how to coach the team, in the sense that I don't believe in that football, I couldn't send the right message to the player.”
We don't have a playmaker
Cesc also said: “The intelligent player looks at you in the face, analyzes you. If he is not sure what he is doing, it is up to me to give him the right input and to convince him. I adapt to what we have and then try to find all the solutions to win.
“However, it is true that we play almost 70% of the season with (Lucas) Da Cunha, (Maxi) Perrone and now (Maxence) Caqueret in midfield who are outside, number 10, number 8, there is no playmaker such as Rodri from Manchester City, or (Leandro) Paredes, someone who is more physical and positional.
“I will tell you an anecdote. After winning series BI noticed that I had eaten in Trento with (Fabio) Pecchia and Capello. Fabio told me:” Cesc, now you can't play like that anymore, now you have to defend yourself more. “He was defending on defense, defense, defense.
“That night I went more convinced than ever to sleep that I would follow my philosophy.”