Pep Guardiola admitted that he has desires of leading international an side in big tournaments but his mind is currently set on enjoying his short holiday in Barcelona and then get on with the rebuilding process at Manchester City. Considered one of the greatest managers of all time Guardiola has won practically every possible trophy in club football but he is yet to take his talents to the international level.
“I would love to be in a World Cup, in a Euro, a Copa America,” Guardiola, who made earned nearly 50 caps for Spain during his playing career, told Reuters. “I have always thought about it. But it depends on many, many things. If it happens, it’s fine. If it doesn’t happen, it’s more than fine as well.”
Considered one of the greatest managers of all time, Guardiola’s reign at City hit a sudden trough last year when the side went trophyless and just about managed to finish in the top-four. That it followed a glorious run in the years prior, in which they won the title four consecutive times and became the second English team to win the treble of the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League.
Guardiola said that his efforts to turn it around with City is largely motivated by hus need to prove himself that he can do it. “It’s to prove myself that I can do it, I don’t want to have those feeling that last season left” he added.
“Because when we win, the wine tastes better afterwards, you sleep better. I don’t know a manager who loses games and sleeps like a baby. It doesn’t happen. You’ve got to worry. That’s part of our life.”
The Spaniard added that it was unrealistic to expect him to win everything every year, and said that even the most successful athletes lose more than they win. “I won 12 domestic leagues in 16 years. It’s not bad, I would say. But you cannot win all the time. I cannot win the Champions League all the time,” he added. “Michael Jordan, the best athlete I’ve ever seen in my life won six NBA Championships in 15 years. Tiger Woods, one incredible golf player, Jack Nicklaus, I don’t know how many he has. But they lost more Grand Slams than they won. It happens.”
