After signing a contract extension at Manchester City until 2027 in November, Pep Guardiola will perhaps not be thinking about his long-term future.
Instead, the Manchester City boss’ main priority must be to ensure that the Sky Blues return to their best during the following campaign.
Pep Guardiola is excited about the 2025/2026 season, which is set to begin in a few weeks.
Even some of the Catalan’s most trusted players such as Phil Foden claimed he’s ready to “prove people wrong”.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola rules out Barcelona return
However, with just two years left on Pep Guardiola’s contract, the decorated manager will have to start deciding where his future lies sooner rather than later.
The FA were targeting Guardiola but as he continued to show his loyalty towards managing City, they went on to appoint Thomas Tuchel as England’s manager.
In an interview with GQ Espana, the Catalan tactician was quizzed about whether he would manage Barcelona again and the veteran confirmed he has no plans to do so, saying: “It’s over. It’s over forever. It was very beautiful, but it’s over now.”
Pep Guardiola has already named his dream job after he leaves Man City
Considering Pep Guardiola was a Barcelona academy graduate and arguably guided them towards the best era in their storied history, his connection with the Spanish giants knows no bounds.
However, it looks like the two-time treble-winner has no intentions of rekindling his romance with his former club.
However, Pep Guardiola revealed international management appeals to him in February 2024.
“A national team. I would like to train a national team for a World Cup or a European Championship. I would like that.”
“I don’t know who would want me! To work for a national team they have to want you, just like a club. I would like to have the experience of living through a World Cup, or a Euros or a Copa America, or whatever it is. I would like that.”
“I don’t know when that would be, if that is five, 10, 15 years from now but I would like to have the experience of being a manager in a World Cup.”
However, for the time being, Pep Guardiola’s focus is on all things Manchester City.
A majority of City fans across the world have always perhaps dreaded the day when Guardiola departs the Etihad Stadium but as things stand, the two-time treble-winner seems content with life in England.
