The man responsible for Pep's baldness is apparently - Mourinho?!

Late Uruguayan journalist and novelist Eduardo Galeano once said he adores and respects Pep Guardiola for his work at Barca because the Blaugrana under his reign play beautiful football with lots of joy.

Asked what he thought about Pep's contender at the time, Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, no-nonsense Galeano fired quickly and said something like - he has a right to be arrogant, and I have all the right to be disgusted by him for that eternally.

That short episode flashed in front of our eyes once we read the words of Spanish tactician Miguel Angel Lotina on Tuesday morning. Lotina, a former Deportivo La Coruna coach currently in charge of Andres Iniesta's Vissel Kobe in Japan, is a witty man who's always willing to make jokes, both about himself and the others.

Mourinho's mind games with Pep during his Inter days (©Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

During a chat at one radio show in Spain, Lotina was asked about coaches' physical changes throughout their careers.

"I have always been bald, but we have seen Guardiola lose his hair. I remember when Guardiola started at Barca, and I was at Deportivo, the hair I had. I think that Mourinho had something to do with the hair loss... Let's leave it there, haha", said Lotina, recalling the great rivalry between Mourinho and Guardiola.

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