With Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font having spoken about the possible return of Pep Guardiola as coach, the Manchester City boss has made clear that his career at the Camp Nou is over.
Manchester City have actually had a poor, by their own standards, start to the 2020/21 season, although a handy victory over Marseille in the Champions League has put them back on the right track, before the Blues defeated Sheffield United 1-0 away from home on Saturday afternoon.
Guardiola is, therefore, only focussed on Manchester City right now and dismissed talk of a return to Barcelona when it was brought up after Saturday’s win.
“I’ve said many times, my career as a manager at Barcelona is over,” Guardiola declared in a post-match interview with BT Sport.
“There are incredible people who can be in charge. Now, for example, Ronald Koeman is an excellent manager. So, it’s over. I will come back to my seats to see my club to watch a game, but it’s done.
“I’m incredibly happy here and I have the desire to well. This is the most important thing.”
When pressed on the issue of Barcelona’s future, Guardiola pointed towards the elections that are on the horizon for 2021, and suggested that the members have to choose the right candidate in order to move forward.
“Now there are elections in Barcelona and hopefully they can choose the right people and the right board to maintain Barcelona at the highest level,” he added.
