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26 May 2011 08:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Terry Venables,Euro2008 Qualifying Match,England vs Andorra(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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EXCLUSIVE
<\/strong> By Jonathan Birchall<\/span><\/p>\n

Having managed Barcelona<\/a> to the title in 1985 and come up against Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a>\u2019s Manchester United<\/a> during spells at both Tottenham<\/a> and Leeds<\/a>, few know both of Saturday\u2019s Champions League finalists as well as Terry Venables.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former England boss also took the Catalan side to the 1986 European Cup final and knows that the eyes of the world will be on both Pep Guardiola and Ferguson as both coaches chase a domestic and continental double at Wembley.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Venables has spoken to Goal.com<\/strong> to give his verdict on the managers going head to head on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pep Guardiola<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Guardiola has dealt with the league and the Champions League and he\u2019s also done a job for Spain because there were nine Barcelona players in their team at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Ever since Pep Guardiola took over at the highest level of Spanish football with Barcelona, he\u2019s mostly been successful and he gave the nucleus for Spain to win the World Cup too. He\u2019s a teacher, he improves young players and he gets results as well.<\/p>\n

He is not in the transfer market a lot. It\u2019s easier to make a comparison with Manchester United and Real Madrid than Barcelona because they don\u2019t use transfers too much.<\/p>\n

Barcelona have a through the ranks situation and stick to that completely and then if they do need a player like Villa, as they did earlier in the season, they will invest because they can.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not actually blasting the bank for \u00a3200 million a year.<\/p>\n

Barcelona don\u2019t make many changes to their team. There\u2019s a little bit of tinkering if they need to but that\u2019s it. Anybody can prepare a team, but you\u2019ve got to work hard in a game. Both managers are very good at that.<\/p>\n

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Who’s the boss? |<\/strong> Both managers will be looking to overcome the other at Wembley<\/p>\n

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Sir Alex Ferguson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When you look at Sir Alex, he knows that with the pressure that both men are under and he knows you can\u2019t take anything for granted and think you\u2019re just going to win games because you\u2019ve got the best team.<\/p>\n

The statistics speak for themselves; 19 titles and everything else Sir Alex Ferguson has won.<\/p>\n

Manchester United have done a lot in the transfer market but they\u2019ve also had the back up of going through their ranks, which is exactly what Guardiola does.<\/p>\n

United do it differently to everyone because there is also a middle section of players with players like Fabio and Rafael who come in around 18 and therefore have more of a chance of making it than the boys that are 15. There is a block of players there that have swelled the pot and made the squad bigger.<\/p>\n

They invest when they have to but they don\u2019t overdo it. Some people say it\u2019s not the best United team ever which I\u2019m not sure about but it\u2019s certainly their best squad ever because of the way that they do their recruitment.<\/p>\n

If Sir Alex doesn\u2019t like something he will deal with it straight away, you\u2019ve got to be able to do that. He\u2019s excellent at that. Sir Alex still runs it as a manager and has his coaches underneath him to help.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s there to be seen that these two are the best around at the moment. To get the results that they do for their clubs, there are no better.<\/p>\n

Terry Venables is a 188BET ambassador. The In-Play betting specialists are offering great value odds on a host of markets for the Champions League Final. To check them out and for a free \u00a325 bet go to www.188promo.com\/terry<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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