A week after winning the Champions League and scoring his first treble with Manchester City, Pep Guardiola traveled to Barcelona to start his vacation with his family. A great lover of golf, the coach sponsored the fifth edition of the Puma Legends Trophy, the golf tournament played exclusively by ex-soccer players at the Empordà Golf Club. The benefits go to the Fundació Guardiola Sala, which allocates them to different solidarity projects. Although he was unable to play the first day of the tournament due to back discomfort, Guardiola reviewed the footballing acuity of the world of football and also the blaugrana.
The former Barcelona coach acknowledged Barça’s interest in Gündogan although he insisted that Manchester City also wants to renew him, praised Xavi and Laporta, with whom he had dinner on Sunday night at the Botafumeiro restaurant in Barcelona and denied that City vetoed the arrival of I cancel the Camp Nou as explained by coach Xavi Hernández. “Xavi was misinformed,” Guardiola said.
“A week ago. We are very happy but we are already thinking about next year. Sport is like that.”
“We have no intention of signing Mbappé, you all know where he will go.”
“I didn’t see the game. I watched basketball and then went to dinner. I want to congratulate the team because it is always very difficult to win a title. But I regret that Luis Enrique has not been remembered. I have not read anything and I also missed some comments about it. He led them to this semifinal. But congratulations to the coach and the players”.
“I don’t believe it. We always see each other once a year. He had a date with my son Marius and Xavier Sala Martin and he had nowhere to dine and he joined us. We have dinner together. It was a coincidence”.
“I am a partner. And I have a seat. I hope they save it for the new Spotify Camp Nou. Barça has an excellent coach who knows the house and knows the invention. And hopefully it will be many years. And when Xavi decides that he has finished his stage, then Busquets or someone else will come. They are stages. I already said it. My stage as a coach is over.”
“Xavi is on the right track. The moment you win the League, you are doing well because you have been the best team. He has won it with great solvency. They had many injuries in the group stage of the Champions League in defense, which has been their great strength this year. I am the European champion because there was a player who missed a header just in front of the goalkeeper three meters away. This competition is a coin toss”.
“I would like to say that the blame for Barça’s situation does not lie with other clubs. They spent 400 million on three players, that is not a problem for City or PSG, but for Barça or those who were there before and created this situation. Let each one take responsibility for it. Laporta is making a titanic effort. Nobody thought that he could renew the team as he has done or that they could win the League with this solvency. It took Barça many years to win the first Champions League. It has now begun to be reborn. You have to give it time.”
“If the partners have voted for him, it is because they believe that he can do it well, because they believe that he is the best. Laporta mal is not doing it for sure”.
“He has not transmitted anything to me. We have been entertained celebrating. As far as I know, we are still fighting to keep him with us. Barça wants him and I know that Xavi has called him many times. We love him because he has been very important to us. And if he decides on Barcelona, ??well, I’ll tell him that he’ll have a great time”.
“I know that he is interested and City are also very interested. I hope you stay with us. And if he decides for Barça, then I will tell Barça that he has made an excellent signing ”.
“I don’t know the ins and outs. If in the end Leo has decided to go to the USA, then surely he will do well ”.
“Xavi was informed very badly. The reality is that we decided that Cancelo had to leave and from that moment on we don’t care where he goes. As if he goes to United that he is our greatest rival. I won’t say that they deceived Xavi but they did misinform him. If Bayern don’t want him, he won’t go there. It is an agreement between clubs and agent. I don’t know if he will come on loan. We didn’t even get an offer from Barça”.
