{"id":97936,"date":"2025-02-20T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=97936"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:14:47","slug":"legendary-managers-who-built-superstars-footballlegends-gamechangers-goatmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=97936","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Managers Who Built Superstars #FootballLegends #GameChangers #GOATMakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FowFjd4dBtM?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Legendary managers who created their own monsters\u2014first up, who else but Alex Ferguson, the man who sharpened Cristiano Ronaldo into an absolute beast. Then there\u2019s Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, the mastermind behind Thierry Henry\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t forget Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, the one who built Didier Drogba. Mourinho once told Mr. Abramovich, \u201cJust shut up and pay!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next, we have Rafael Ben\u00edtez, who turned Fernando Torres into a top-class striker at Liverpool. Then there\u2019s J\u00fcrgen Klopp, who shaped Robert Lewandowski into a world-class forward during their Borussia Dortmund days.<\/p>\n<p>Filippo Inzaghi? He was Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s trusted man, whether at Juventus or AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, of course, Pep Guardiola\u2014the one who perfected the GOAT, Lionel Messi. Sure, it was Frank Rijkaard who first brought Messi into Barcelona\u2019s first team, but Pep was the one bold enough to build the entire system around him. He didn\u2019t hesitate to get rid of Ronaldinho and Zlatan, just to make sure Barcelona\u2019s attack revolved completely around Messi.<\/p>\n<p>#FootballLegends<br \/>\n#GameChangers<br \/>\n#GOATMakers<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FowFjd4dBtM\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary managers who created their own monsters\u2014first up, who else but Alex Ferguson, the man who sharpened Cristiano Ronaldo into an absolute beast. Then there\u2019s Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, the mastermind behind&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5415,"featured_media":97937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}