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Pep Guardiola Barcelona Return Doubted by Father Ahead of Manchester City Match
- Updated: October 18, 2016
The father of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola doesn’t expect the iconic manager to ever return to Barcelona in the future.
Guardiola enjoyed 11 years as a player at the Camp Nou before taking over as boss in 2008 for four years. In total, he won nine league titles and the UEFA Champions League three times while associated with the Catalan club.
However, his father Valenti doesn’t feel as though he’ll be adding to that haul in the future, per Cadena Ser (h/t Adriana Garcia of ESPN FC):
Return to Barcelona? To do what, work as a ball boy?
I really don’t see him there either as president or on the bench. His time with Barca has come and gone. I don’t think he would do well in going back.
At the very least, I think we can rule him out coming back as coach.
As a player, Guardiola was the midfield metronome in Johan Cruyff’s “Dream Team,” helping the club win their first-ever European Cup in 1992. His spell as manager is etched a lot more clearly into the minds of the current generation, though.
Indeed, the sides Guardiola assembled at Barcelona are considered by many to be the greatest in the history of club football, as they romped to two Champions League titles in 2009 and 2011. With Lionel Messi, Xavi …
