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Ben Hayward

Top players who became great coaches

Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane ahead of the Champions League game between Real Madrid and Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu in February 2020.

There is a school of thought which suggests that the very best footballers cannot become top coaches or managers.

Because football comes naturally to the game's geniuses, how can they possibly coach that? It is true to an extent, but there are some exceptions.

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