‘I will sleep a little bit better’ – Pep Guardiola reacts to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool exit and predicts old rival will be back | 1U7350M | 2024-01-27 16:08:01
'I will sleep a little bit better' – Pep Guardiola reacts to Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool exit and predicts old rival will be back | 1U7350M | 2024-01-27 16:08:01
Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola says he'll 'sleep a bit bit simpler' when Jurgen Klopp leaves Liverpool, but predicts his previous rival 'can be back' in management before long.
Klopp announced on Friday he will step down as Liverpool manager in a choice that rocked the football world.
City have gained five of the final six Premier League titles with Liverpool the only aspect to halt them in that period, ending runners up on two occasions having claimed the trophy themselves in 2020.
Guardiola and Klopp, the 2 greatest managers in the Premier League over that period, have shared numerous battles courting back to their time in the Bundesliga whereas answerable for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund respectively.
Klopp has vowed to never manage another English club once he walks away from Anfield and instructed it will be at the least a yr earlier than he returns to the dugout.
Speaking after City's FA Cup victory over Tottenham, Guardiola paid tribute to the coach he recognises as his 'largest rival' who will not be giving him sleepless nights when City meet Liverpool after this season.
'I am slightly bit stunned,' Guardiola advised ITV Sport.
'He is an unimaginable supervisor. I don't know him intently but he's an unimaginable individual as properly. I have a feeling that on the finish of the season when he is leaving, part of us at Man Metropolis is leaving too.
'Liverpool have been our largest rival in these years. Personally, he at Dortmund was also my largest rival. So he might be missed. Personally I will miss him.
'I'm a bit pleased because with out him I will probably be sleeping slightly bit higher the nights earlier than we play Liverpool. However I wish him all one of the best. He doesn't admit it however he shall be back.'
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Guardiola made an analogous choice to stroll away from the sport after 4 trophy-laden years in cost at Barcelona, explaining his time in cost at the Camp Nou had left him 'worn out.'
'All of the managers if you find yourself a few years in the same place, I understand that utterly,' Guardiola added.
'I found that at Barcelona. All of the arguments, I take heed to them and I understand them.'
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