Pep Guardiola's confessions about a possible return to Barça

BarcelonaPep Guardiola is a Barça legend. A Dream Team player, he reached the top with a six-team squad in his first season as a top-flight manager. A four-year stint at Barça that seemed short-lived for Barça fans. Since he packed his bags at Camp Nou in 2012, many Barça fans have dreamed of his return, but Guardiola is clear that his future doesn't lie in the Barça dugout. "It's over forever. It was beautiful, but it's over."

The Santpedor-born coach stated this in an interview with the men's fashion magazine GQHe also reflected on the pressure young players face today. "They have it much more complicated because everything that comes from outside affects them much more. Someone who believes that what others think isn't more important than what they think will have emotional stability in life and will be much happier." In this regard, one of the names he discussed was the young Barça star Lamine Yamal. "We have to let him develop his career. When he's been playing for fifteen years, we'll decide if he's better or worse than Messi."

After a difficult season at Manchester City, which Guardiola has returned to normal, he confirmed that when his time in England ends, he will take some time off. "I need to stop and focus on myself and my body. I don't know how long I'll be out, I don't know." And he hasn't hidden from the criticism he has received throughout the season: "I'm sure they were expecting me and I was delighted to welcome them; that gives you energy," he responded, while emphasizing that losing is part of the sport.

Winner of 12 of the 16 league titles he has played in as a coach, he also reflected on the pressure that exists today in society. "Everything has to be perfect; every day you have to show that you're happy. Yes, I'm sad, I fail, and I lose. Tell me someone who isn't. The important thing is to give it your all and do it well. And in that, I didn't give up."

A new business project in Barcelona

The interview is part of Pep Guardiola's new business venture in Barcelona, the Monarka Clinic. Located on Passeig de Gràcia, it is defined as a medical center specializing in longevity and regenerative medicine, and also includes former Barcelona players Thiago Alcántara and Jonathan Soriano.

The Manchester City manager met Mireia Illueca, a neurosurgeon who is part of the team, when she treated him for a herniated disc, an injury that Ter Stegen has also suffered. From then on, Guardiola learned a new lesson: "I thought that when you had a bad knee, it only depended on the knee. With Montse Escobar, a psychologist expert in finding the emotional origin of bodily imbalances, I understood that perhaps it comes from the head." A lesson that the Santpedor-born coach passes on to the sporting side: "The mind controls everything. The big difference between older athletes and older ones is in the head."