"Few coaches have influenced football as significantly as Pep Guardiola. From Mikel Arteta leading Arsenal to the top of the Premier League, to Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich dominating the Bundesliga, the Catalan counts some of the game's finest managers among his proteges. Another two of his disciples, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca and Cardiff City head coach Brian Barry-Murphy, will be reunited when their teams meet in an EFL Cup quarter-final on Tuesday."
"Barry-Murphy succeeded Maresca as manager of the Manchester City Elite Development Squad in 2021, with the Italian rejoining the club as Guardiola's first-team assistant coach a year later. The two had a season together in Manchester before Maresca was appointed Leicester City boss, guiding the Foxes to Premier League promotion in his first season. Coincidentally, Barry-Murphy then also followed Maresca to Leicester, albeit six months after the former Sevilla midfielder had left to take the top job at Chelsea."
Pep Guardiola's influence extends across modern football through a network of managers shaped by his methods. Enzo Maresca and Brian Barry-Murphy are part of that coaching lineage and will face each other in an EFL Cup quarter-final as Chelsea travel to Cardiff. Barry-Murphy replaced Maresca at Manchester City's Elite Development Squad before Maresca returned to the first team under Guardiola, then moved on to Leicester and later Chelsea, achieving promotion with Leicester. Maresca acknowledged recent difficult days at Chelsea while praising Cardiff's strong form and warning of a dangerous, tricky cup tie.
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