Pep Guardiola has decided to turn the page after ten years at the helm of Manchester City, taking with him no fewer than 20 trophies including six English league titles, a Champions League and a Club World Cup. Having already written his legend at Barça and Bayern, the Catalan technician no longer has to prove himself. Also there is no shortage of courtiers.
Two years ago, the English selection was offered to him but the appointment proved to be missed. Today it is another renowned selection which could seduce him. A path already trodden these days by big names in coaching such as Carlo Ancelotti, Thomas Tuchel and of course Zinedine Zidane, next conductor of the Blues.
Technical director of Italian football, Paolo Maldini and his new advisor Leonardo met these days in Barcelona with the emblematic 55-year-old coach. A first contact which obviously went well. “ We are not sure that Guardiola will become the coach of our national team, but we are sure that Pep is no longer just a dream. This is a serious lead », dares Sky Italia this Monday.
The verdict is imminent
“ We will know more in the coming days, but the Italian project is starting to take shape », Adds the transalpine media. The president of the FIGC, the Italian Football Federation, confirms: “ There may be other names than those of Mancini and Pirlo », says Giovanni Malago, referring to an expected verdict “ within a few days “.
A few years ago, Pep Guardiola did not hide a certain interest in calcio. “ Me in Italy? Why not ? If I had been told years ago that I would coach Barcelona then in Munich, me with the Germans, then now in England… I don’t know where that will take me. Maybe Italy, why not. And we eat very well here », he confessed amusedly during a festival in Trento, on the other side of the Alps.
