Pep Guardiola not turning Bayern Munich into new Barcelona
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After departing the Spanish champions at the end of the 2011/12 campaign, Guardiola took a sabbatical before taking over Bayern in the summer after they had completed their own treble.
Parallels have been drawn in style between Guardiola's all-conquering Barcelona and his new side, but the coach believes the Bundesliga giants are too big a club to copy others.
Guardiola told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "I don't want to transform Bayern into a new Barca.
"The mentality is different, and the style, the environment, the culture, the players too. This club has won too much to copy others.
"I came here because I wanted to coach these players.
"Bayern Munich are bigger than my ideas. I have only to maintain last season's level, of an unbeatable team that played in an incredible way.
"A coach must understand the qualities of his men and be able to take advantage of these."
