He FC Barcelona dreams of the return of one of the most successful coaches in his entire history: Josep Guardiola. According to the English newspaper ‘Daily Express’, the Catalans will try to sign Santpedor as long as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) ratifies the sanction Manchester City not to play European competitions.
At Camp Nou they know that things are not going well with Quique Setién on the bench. That is why, regardless of how the season ends, the Catalans want to at least try to return Guardiola, who was coach of those of Barcelona for four years.
According to the aforementioned source, everything will depend on what the TAS will resolve in the coming weeks. If the Court confirms that City will not play the Champions or Europa League in the following two seasons, Barça will go with everything to the services of Josep Guardiola.
On February 14, UEFA punished the English club with two years of exclusion from the next European competitions 2020/21 and 2021/22, plus a fine of 30 million euros, for infractions in the regulation of the Financial Fair Play.
In Barcelona they would be confident that the TAS will resolve against the Manchester City and they would prepare a meeting to convince Guardiola to return to Camp Nou after eight seasons. If he succeeds, Bartomeu would terminate Setien’s contract without problems.
Guardiola ruled it out a while ago
The current Manchester City coach denied in April last year that the idea of FC Barcelona has passed through his head, so the job of convincing Santpedor will not be easy for the ‘Culés’.
“I will return to Barcelona sooner or later, but to Barça, and as president, forget about it. One, to be president, you have to be prepared and have knowledge of many things and I don’t have them. I try to be a good coach, which has not been bad for me in the last decade, but not president. I will return to live in Barcelona sooner or later; it is the only thing that I can guarantee ”, he affirmed at a press conference.
It should be remembered that Guardiola lived a great stage in front of the Blaugrana squad between 2008 and 2012. In all that time, Pep got two Champions League, two European Super Cups, two Club World Cups, two Spanish Leagues, two King’s Cups and three Spanish Super Cups.
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