Lionel Messi

The thing is though he not only gets more money to spend than pretty much any team in any of the leagues he has managed in (Spain is perhaps the one league where its not as clear cut as Real were also spending stupid amounts) but he has generally come into clubs that have already had a solid base put in place. Take Ole as an example, since Fergie there has been 3 managers who basically dismantled everything he built and brought in mercenaries and poor players. Ole has had to pretty much rebuild the squad but has still been outspent by Pep each season. And Pep had seasons of adding new players to the squad when he already had a strong squad when he took over.

He hasn't had that journey most managers get where they have to start at smaller clubs and prove themselves so it makes it hard to know how good he really is. It's like Zidane, there were times where he was linked to the United job and everyone was going about what a great manager and he has done great at Real but his own job is at Real which isn't the best guide

 

Comparing Jota and Grealish is a bit unfair. Grealish is a creator not a goalscorer and Jota is more the reverse. Also would Jota have scored any international goals if he was one the greediest players I've ever seen who can have players in good positions with only an easy pass needed and he takes the shot every time. I'm not even Portuguese so had no reason to get wound up by it but if I had the ability to teleport I would have teleported into an armoury stolen a rocket launcher and then over to each of the Portugal Euro2020 games and fired it right at him after about 15 minutes of each match as that's how infuriating greedy he was in those games

 

Where did I say he was worth £100mill? I just said comparing him with Jota the way you did is unfair. Grealish is the better player of the two though. He brings more to a team than Jota with fewer negatives. Jota is a player who will improve most top teams squads but not really their starting 11 but Grealish would improve the starting 11 of pretty much all the top teams

 

It's worth noting as well considering people like calling him a PE teacher, Ole lost the first league match against Pep but from the next 4 he has 1 draw and 3 wins. In EFL cup both him and Pep won a leg one year and last with just one leg Pep won but all in all that would be an excellent record for say Jose let alone Ole who most people speak down about. Not many managers have as high a win record percentage against Pep