Pep Guardiola admits he “doesn’t know” whether he would like to coach in Italy as Manchester City prepare to face Atalanta at San Siro tomorrow.
Guardiola was heavily backed to replace Max Allegri at Juventus over the summer, with one report even claiming he had agreed a deal to take over.
Instead, the 48-year-old is busy masterminding another win for the English giants, which would book their place in the Champions League last 16.
Pep Guardiola admits he “doesn’t know” whether he would like to coach in Italy as Manchester City prepare to face Atalanta at San Siro tomorrow.
Guardiola was heavily backed to replace Max Allegri at Juventus over the summer, with one report even claiming he had agreed a deal to take over.
Instead, the 48-year-old is busy masterminding another win for the English giants, which would book their place in the Champions League last 16.
“I don’t know, I’m very happy in Manchester,” he said at a Press conference.
“[San Siro] is a legendary ground in Europe and around the world. It is a special place to play football
“If they do decide to change it, I am sure it will benefit Inter and Milan but I don’t know more than that.
“I want to qualify as soon as possible, I am not thinking about rotating. I go game by game.
“[We’ll] try to win tomorrow. [Qualifying already] would be incredible, but if not there is Shakhtar at home and Dinamo Zagreb away [so] we will see.
“Tomorrow is the most important game. [We’ll] try to play good, and after [Atalanta] the next one.
“They have experienced exactly what it takes to come up against them. Now they know what to expect.
“The first half was very even, up until 3-1. We’ve prepared as best we can, we know it is always tough to come away in Europe.”
The former Brescia midfielder then had his say on the Mario Balotelli situation after the ex-City striker was racially abused in a Serie A match at the weekend.
“I can’t comment on the Napoli situation because I don’t know the ins and outs. As for Balotelli, unfortunately these things happen a lot and the victim ends up becoming the guilty party but this goes on all over the world and Europe.
“I hope we can continue to battle this at home and in schools because it is not unique to football.”