Pep Guardiola makes quit admission as Man City boss comments on Jurgen Klopp's new job

Pep Guardiola insists helium volition not travel Jurgen Klopp by taking a relation wrong shot that isn't managerial arsenic questions proceed implicit his Manchester City aboriginal with his declaration winding down

Pep Guardiola insists helium would sooner discontinue shot than travel Jurgen Klopp into an enforcement role.

The Manchester City brag arrived into the dugout backmost successful 2008 erstwhile helium archetypal took complaint of Barcelona. Since past he's lone had 1 twelvemonth distant from absorption and is presently into his ninth play astatine the Etihad with speech of him perchance extending his contract.

Should helium determine against doing so, Guardiola maintains helium volition either beryllium a manager oregon successful nary relation astatine all. Klopp precocious called clip connected his stint astatine Liverpool, wherever helium spent astir 9 years, but has already taken connected a caller role, albeit not arsenic a manager.

The German has just been appointed arsenic caput of planetary shot astatine Red Bull, meaning helium volition power matters astatine the clubs they ain successful Leipzig, New York and Salzburg. Guardiola though has nary involvement successful pursuing his erstwhile rival.

He said: "I similar the greenish grass. To beryllium the antheral successful the tie, I bash not similar it. I would criticise my manager a lot! I can't bash it. Still I similar coming present successful the greeting to enactment - I emotion it! This is the main crushed I americium a manager.

"I americium reasoning astir Wolves connected Sunday and the messages I person to archer them (the players), the images I person to see, the grooming I person to prepare. I privation to bushed Wolves desperately."

Guardiola has rewritten the past books astatine each nine he's been at. Whilst successful Manchester he's won six of the past 7 Premier League titles. City person conscionable won 4 connected the trot - a feat ne'er earlier achieved - and his broadside are favourites to assertion a 5th successful a row.

Several of his records person superseded those acceptable by Sir Alex Ferguson, who remains the astir palmy Premier League manager pursuing his achievements with Manchester United. Guardiola doubly downed Ferguson successful Champions League finals but has refused to beryllium drawn into a examination connected their respective legacies.

He said: "In this state and each astir the world, Sir Alex Ferguson is the best. For the time, for the alteration of teams, for the trophies. Being adjacent to 1 of the astir important managers of each clip is much than enough. It's an unthinkable honour for maine and for each the staff, each the assistants and each the players I've had.

"For the United fans, it's ever Sir Alex. Absolutely fine. I'm not saying I'm a atrocious manager, different I could not beryllium present for a agelong clip and beryllium a success, but to beryllium champion oregon not best, that is, judge me, it's not important.

"Just to accidental Djokovic is amended than Nadal, Nadal than Federer, Federer than Djokovic, truthful each 3 are exceptional. Jurgen Klopp made maine a amended manager, Jose Mourinho made maine amended manager, Mikel Arteta present is making amended manager."

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