01.03.2022 - Football legend Sir Alex Ferguson, the knightly team manager of Manchester City, was once heard speaking about a thing that infected his players - “It was called winning.”
After all, they truly are managers. They are responsible for recruiting players, developing young talents, selecting players for matches, motivating them, devising strategies, buying and selling players in the transfer market, and a host of other activities managers do for the profit of winning matches and attracting more fans and followers. This is why Betway places a big premium on team managers in their choices of probable FC winners.
Successful team managers are those who can deftly summon all the resources at their disposal to encourage players to practice more diligently, develop their game, and instill a winning habit to win matches and keep the success alive not just in one single game, but almost every time, season after season. Below is an exclusive list of team managers that sports bet fans think were consistent winners in 2021:
Hansi Flick steered FC Bayern Munich to the most successful leg of a Bundesliga season in history, and went on to win the Cup. In the same stirring fashion, Flick brought the team to the finals of the Champions League and prevailed over Paris Saint-Germain, 1-0, to become the second European club, after FC Barcelona, to complete the seasonal treble in two different seasons.
In February 2021, they also won the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup with victories over African champion Al AHly SC, 2-0, and the Mexican Tigres UANL, 1-0. While it failed to defend its title in the Champions League, Bayern Munich pocketed its ninth Bundesliga title in a row.
The FC Bayern Munich-Flick partnership ended on April 27, 2021, over a reported spat with a high-ranking team executive, but all did not turn sour for Flick whose lost opportunity opened a new window to a bigger and more prestigious appointment as head coach of the German national team preparing for the FIFA World Cup scheduled in Qatar on December 18, 2022.
Jurgen Klopp is the team manager behind the colossal success of FC Liverpool. He took the job in 2015 and has since then elevated the club’s status as one of the best in Europe by winning the prestigious English Premier Club and Champions League after 30 years of title drought.
Also under Kloop’s watch, Liverpool FC snagged the UEFA Super Cup and its first-ever FIFA Club World Cup. His winning the back-to-back FIFA Coach of the Year awards in 2019 and 2020 was icing on the cake. Now, who’s telling him he can’t have his cake and eat it, too? Betway will likely place FC Liverpool at the top of its betting list as long as Klopp is there to call the shots for them.
Pep Guardiola is the drill master behind iconic FC Manchester City. He currently holds a collection of 31 titles and counting. At 51, he already belongs to the ranks of Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, and other legendary team managers.
The Catalan holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. Before FC Manchester City, he was also responsible for many trophies won by FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich.
It’s no wonder that as early as now, Manchester City team owners, players, and fans want the former Spanish national player to sign another contract extending beyond 2023 amid talks that the Dutch football association has asked about his future plans.
