Pep Guardiola is apparently interested in the MLS

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has been linked by Spanish media with a move to the US MLS. As the Marca reported that New York City FC should be a possible option for the Spaniard.

“It’s a city that I love very much. I’ve been saying it for many years, I believe that football in the United States has an incredibly great future,” Guardiola said last of the metropolis on the Atlantic.

Manchester City itself is already associated with the New York club – both belong to the City Football Group, which also includes Melbourne City, Girona and ES Troyes and is 86 percent owned by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Limited.

“No eggs”, “cowardly”, “never liked”: the victims of Pep Guardiola

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Pep Guardiola won everything you can win as coach of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. But on the way to great success, he regularly left players by the wayside. SPOX shows you the most famous “victims” of the Spaniard.

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GIANLUCA ZAMBROTTA: When Guardiola was brought into the head coach of the Catalans by Barcelona B in 2008, he started a big cleanup with President Joan Laporta. The 31-year-old newly crowned world champion also fell victim to this …

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… which two years earlier was brought from Juve for 14 million euros. In the first game under Guardiola he was replaced early, in the second he was only on the bench. After all, he later celebrated two titles with Milan.

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CESC FABREGAS: The highly talented Spaniard had problems with Guardiola’s system. “I just didn’t understand his system,” complained Fabregas. “I came from a different type of football.”

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After all, the two only worked together for a year, but Fabregas did not want to comment on the incidents: “Things have happened that I don’t want to talk about.”

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ALEKSANDR HLEB: In Guardiola’s first season he collected 36 missions and suddenly moved to Stuttgart. Why? “I often had stress with Pep Guardiola. I didn’t feel confident,” said the Belarusian, admitting that he should have learned Spanish.

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“Playing with people like Messi, Xavi or Iniesta is just great. I want to have fun on the football field again, all I need is a coach who can rely on me,” explained Hleb, but should not be trusted by any top club.

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SAMUEL ETO’O: Guardiola aimed his football at Messi, but the confident Cameroonian had a clear opinion: “I told Guardiola that he would apologize to me because it is me who will lead Barcelona to victories.”

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After the dispute, he had to leave in 2009 after a 36-goal season. “My agent at the time told me that the club was offering me on the transfer market.” When asked whether he was serious, his adviser answered: “Yes, at Guardiola’s request.”

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ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC: With Zlatan attacking alongside Messi and Henry, Barca finally seemed unbeatable in 2009. Five games, five goals, two assists was his record in the first few games. But this rate flattened out quite a bit over the course of the season, …

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… because Guardiola relied more on Messi. “He’s a fantastic coach. But as a person? He’s a coward,” Ibra told Spiegel, looking back. “Guardiola has no eggs! I was sacrificed for Messi. But he didn’t have the courage to tell me.”

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When Ibrahimovic confronted the coach, the Catalan fled to excuses. “Guardiola whispered: ‘Ibra, you are great, you are doing everything right.’ Still, he put me on the bench. ” After just a year, Zlatan went to Milan.

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LUIZ GUSTAVO: Immediately after the triple win in 2013 under Heynckes, the Brazilian went to Wolfsburg. “Unfortunately, he had his idea of me in his head before he even knew me,” said Gustavo of the French L’Equipe.

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Similar to Barca, Guardiola’s tactic fell victim to: “After a while my agent explained the situation to me. Guardiola had no intention of working with me. Basically, it wasn’t serious, but he could have told me.”

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MARIO MANDZUKIC: The same thing happened to the Croat, who had previously become a great hero in the final. “I gave the best for FC Bayern and I didn’t deserve to be treated like that,” Mandzukic said later.

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Towards the end of the 13/14 season Guardiola let the Croatian play less, although he dueled with Dortmund’s Lewandowski for the top scorer’s crown. Mandzukic: “Guardiola didn’t want me to be top scorer.”

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A change was almost inevitable, although he felt comfortable in Munich: “I miss so many nice people I met in Munich.” Mandzukic went to Atletico – and was replaced by top scorer Robert Lewandowski.

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YAYA TOURE: He could have become a ManCity legend, but Guardiola had a different plan. “Pep wants to dominate and obedient players who lick his hands,” said Yaya Toure of the coach.

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They both knew each other from Barca times. “I respect my coach, but I’m not his toy,” said Toure before moving to Piraeus. He later ended his career in China.

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JOE HART: “It would be a lie to say that I didn’t want to spend my entire career at ManCity, I would have loved to play for them to the end and not anywhere else,” said Hart after he was traded for Ederson at ManCity.

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Guardiola saw no place for the long-standing city support. “Why he did that or what his intentions were is not really important to me. It doesn’t make any difference to my life,” said the then 30-year-old goalkeeper. Hart went to West Ham.

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ELIAQUIM MANGALA: The French central defender came to City in 2014 for an impressive 45 million euros. Before he finally left the club five years and 79 games later, he had made little impression on Pep.

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In the meantime loaned to Valencia and Everton before joining the Ches in 2019 on a free transfer. The eight-time national player has been without a club since the start of the season. About his time at Pep he said: “I felt like at university.”

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SERGIO AGÜERO: The club legend scored 184 goals for City, after ten years it was over in the summer. “We love him so much. He is a very special person for all of us,” said Guardiola when he left in a fragile voice.

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Aguero’s father did not accept these emotions from Pep: “I don’t think Guardiola. He never liked Kun. He says he’s irreplaceable, and then he’s not in the squad.” Aguero had hoped for an extension, but “they didn’t want him”.

Pep Guardiola: First break, then national team?

However, whether the United States is a serious option for Guardiola remains to be seen. In August he announced that he would leave the English champions in 2023. “I think I’ll have to take a break after seven years,” he told Brazilian media.

His wish then was a national team: “A national team, yes. The next step will be a national team, if there is the possibility.”