I don't understand the clamoring for Pep. Yes, he'll win 3 Bundesliga titles, but even I could manage that team in that league to 3 titles. He still hasn't won what they real want, the CL. Yes, he won a lot at Barcelona, but so did Enrique (winning the treble in his first year). Plus, he had Xavi and Iniesta in their primes, which made Spain practically invincible for 3 straight major tournaments. And obviously, he also had the best player ever in addition to those two, which probably means he had 3 of the 5 best players in the world at the time. I would argue that he's led a charmed life being with the right club at the right time. I think a lot of managers could have achieved what he's done with the clubs that he's had. I might lose a lot of credibility with this, but I'm not sure that BR would not have done better.
That all being said, he's still a huge upgrade to Pelligrini.
He arrived at Barca when the club was in disarray, he reinvented Xavi, Iniesta and Messi (just look in their interviews and they all said the same thing, that Pep really changed their role in the team and that helped them alot), brought up the likes of Pique (who was a bench warmer at Utd- bought him for 5 mil), Busquets (while having the guts to get rid of Yaya, who was the best DM in the game at that time, let alone selling Ronaldinho who had a negative influence in the dressing room and Eto'o, also sold Ibrahimovic, because he changed Messi role to a striker), Jordi Alba, Pedro and so on. He changed Barca, improving everything about the club. He even developed a philosphy and style of playing which helped Spain win on International level, they relied on the same gameplan as Barca. You could add to his honours the World Cup and European Championship. Barca was in a poor state, left by Rijkaard. There is a ton of proof where managers failed to win trophies while having great players in their team, just look at Real Madrid or England on international level, to give you some quick responses. Even Inter when Moratti was investing heavily and they waited over 15 years for a title. Don't forget about Martino failing to win a trophy with basically the same team. Even Vilanova struggled with it.
At Bayern he had so far a terrible curse where almost all of his important players were injured before crucial UCL-games.
He is not at all overrated, he is one of the best managers in the history of the game.
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