MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola gave indications of his plans when his tenure at Manchester City ends, saying he would not want to start over at another club.
The Catalan strategist has just signed a two-year extension of his contract with City until 2027 and mentioned that national team football is a possibility for him when he leaves the current four-time Premier League champion.
“I’m not talking about the long-term future, but what I’m not going to do is leave Manchester City and go to another country and do the same thing as now. I will no longer have energy,” Guardiola told celebrity chef Dani García in an interview broadcast this week.
“Thinking about starting somewhere else, in the entire training and training process… no!” he emphasized. “Maybe a national team, it’s different. “It’s not day to day.”
Guardiola is considered one of the greatest football managers of all time after a trophy-laden career with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.
He has won 15 major trophies with City, including six league titles in seven years and one Champions League.
By the time his contract expires, he will have spent 11 years at the Etihad Stadium.
He has won 32 major trophies during his coaching career, including league titles in Spain and Germany and a total of three Champions League titles.
He has not ruled out leaving the technical direction completely when his stay at City ends.
“I want to quit and go play golf, but I can’t. “I think stopping would be good for me,” he confessed.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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