FOH Breh.
Dude went up against PRIME Pep and Barca. We talking arguably the best club team ever assembled type stuff. And again, this is a guy that DOMINATED some of the best CBs and RBs in the world consistently and ALSO created as many goals as he put in himself. With no Henry, Arsenal isn't even anywhere close to sniffing the UCL.
He was the talisman of the Invincibles, which I literally don't see happening in ANY major league ever again. There's too much talent. I think you're really underestimating just how good Fergie and Pep's sides were in those years.
Legit, Pep's early Barca (and by proxy, Spain) was so damn good in the 2000's that damn near anyone that went against them should just have an asterisk on their shyt.
*Against Barca
Who?
Yeah I didn't even notice that. Rijkaard was the manager of Barca for the 2006 final, not Pep. Pep didn't join Barca until 2008.