Pep Guardiola has admitted that taking some time away from football will do him ‘good’ despite only recently penning a new contract with Manchester City. The six-time Premier League-winning head coach says he will not manage another club team when he departs the reigning top-flight champions.
Guardiola dispelled intense speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract in November.
Speaking to Spanish chef Dani Garcia on the Desmontadito YouTube channel, Guardiola said: “I want to leave it and go and play golf but I can’t.
“A time will come when I feel it’s enough and I’ll definitely stop then. I’m not going to manage another team. I’m not talking about the long-term future but what I’m not going to do is leave Manchester City and go to another country to do the same thing as I am now.
“I wouldn’t have the energy to do so. I’m still here doing what I am today. But the thought of starting off somewhere else, with all the process of the training and so on... no, no, no! Maybe a national team but that’s different.
should stop, like these chefs that go to other countries, stop and see what we’ve done well and what we could do better and when you’re busy all day day, every day you don’t have time to do that. I think stopping would do me good.”
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