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The second of Rijkaard at Barça believes that Pep Guardiola relay "is the best option."
The Dutchman said: "Guardiola's Barça is an enhanced version of Rijkaard's Barça.

Henk ten Cate, assistant coach of FC Barcelona between 2003 and 2006 in a bench headed by Frank Rijkaard, has blessed the decision of the board of Sandro Rosell to elect Tito Vilanova as a substitute for Pep Guardiola. "It's a very good decision. Tito knows the whole environment and style of Barça. I think it was very important in recent years, knows the players. I think is the best option," he assured the current coach of the Shandong Luneng Taishan Chinese in an interview with COM Radio.

Guardiola understands the Dutch for having communicated their march. "It's a miracle that a coach is five years. Are working hard with the pressure of everyone having to play well and win matches and with a style that is most difficult to do." In this sense, Ten Cate has stated that "Rijkaard and Guardiola has done a great job" and that "Guardiola's Barça is an enhanced version of Rijkaard's Barça. We started something and Guardiola has improved on. The Guardiola's football been the best but yes, less spectacular. "

Moreover, the former assistant to Rijkaard, who fought with Barça José Mourinho's Chelsea in the second round of the Champions League 2004-05 and 2005-06, has praised the Portuguese: "Mourinho's style is very defensive. a personamente me I like, but you can not say that's not good coach. A good coach is a great coach with success. is a different style that people like of Barça or holadeses. Mourinho's style is also a winning style. "

Among the other names of the interview stand Sandro Rosell, "a very intelligent person and a great leader" for Ten Cate, and Joan Laporta: "A big chair." The Dutchman has described Leo Messi as "the best player in the world" and Ronaldinho as "the best in his time," while also emphasized the value of Xavi: "It is the player previously less appreciated by the environment, something different from now. for me, Xavi was one of the most important players of Barça at the time I was me. "Finally, Thiago Motta has hit out: In the Barça he was a player unprofessional. " (via MD)

Henk ten Cate, number two during Frank Rijkaard's stage in Barça and former coach of Ajax and Panathinaikos, he has arrived in China to be made position of Shandong Luneng, one of the most important clubs in the country.

In his presentation to the media, Ten Cate was achieved ambitious and said the league title for the club, winner of the recent championships 2006, 2008 and 2010 but last season had to settle for fifth place.

"I want players to see me as a brilliant professor," he said immodestly coach was quoted Saturday by the official Xinhua news agency.

In the past 20 years, Ten Cate has directed 14 teams, in addition to his work as an assistant at Barcelona and Chelsea.

After two decades in teams of all Europe, the 57 year-old coach gave an exotic turn to his career in 2009 to direct the one Al Ahli of Arab Emirates (group at the moment trained by Spanish Quique Flores) Emirates, and later it proved luck in Umm Salal of Qatar, club that he abandoned to rush to the Chinese adventure. (via SPORT)