Guardiola decides his position: My career with Barcelona is over
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola completely ruled out the possibility of coaching Barcelona for a second time in his career, stressing at the same time his "desire" to achieve success in England.
Guardiola is considered the most crowned coach in the history of the Catalan team after he led it to 14 titles in various competitions when he supervised it from 2008 to 2012.
The name of Gorduela began to be repeated in recent days, especially after the resignation of Barcelona's President Josep Maria Bartomeu from his post and the statement of one of the most prominent candidates to succeed him, Victor Font, that he intends to restore the services of the Catalan coach if he wins the presidential elections.
Guardiola said after his team's victory over Sheffield United in the league today, Saturday, "I said several times, my period as coach of Barcelona is over. I think in life, you have to do something somewhere only once."
"There are wonderful people who can take over the task, for example there is now Ronald Koeman (Barcelona coach) who is considered an excellent coach. It's over (for me)."
He revealed, "Of course, I will return to regain my seat on the field and follow a match. I am very happy here (in Manchester), and I still have the desire to do a good job and this is the most important thing for me."
Guardiola hoped that a good new president would be elected to Barcelona, saying, "There will be elections in Barcelona. I hope a good board of directors will be chosen to keep Barcelona, this amazing club, at the highest levels."
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