Barcelona Discussed the tricks he pulled from the Dutchman

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Having praised Johan Cruyff's managerial abilities several times in the past, Pep Guardiola claimed that if the Dutchman had met Lionel Messi in the dressing room, there would probably have been plenty of disagreements between them to begin with.

The Argentinian star have won 14 major trophies under the Catalan coach, who insisted that in this hypothetical scenario the former Barcelona tactician and the current Blaugrana forward would understand each other given time.

"Surely there would have been a conflict between them," he said on an event hosted by I Acto de Homenaje Amigos de Johan.

"[It would be] a conflict that we would have experienced for a while, but then they would have found each other, because the two are very intelligent.

"With Johan managing as coach and the abilities of Messi they would have won [many things] for sure."

The Manchester City coach went on to reveal that on some occasions he tries to imitate his idol's tactics and mind games to solve various issues that occur.

"When I have some problems with a player, the media or my technical team, I think what he would have done," he noted.

"It's impossible to guess, but I like to play that game, because he was the only one to solve that kind of things."