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The former Blues winger fears that the highly-qualified coach will soon be lured out of the Etihad Stadium, with the possibility that he may return to his roots.
Pep Guardiola is being taken “home” by Barcelona and there is a “good chance” that the coach will leave Manchester City in the near future, says former winger Trevor Sinclair.
Questions have been asked about the 49-year-old presence in England for some time.
As it stands, Guardiola is only tied to terms with the City until the summer of 2021.
He has not come to write an extension of that contract or be drawn into a discussion about how long he intends to stay with the current Premier League champions.
That is leaving an exit door ajar, and those in Barcelona admitted they would appreciate the opportunity to return a familiar face to their shelter.
Sinclair fears it is only a matter of time before Guardiola returns to his roots, counting talkSPORT: “[Joan] Laporta entered Barcelona when Pep was manager of the youth team and put Pep in charge of the first team, and 14 trophies in four years later … what an amazing association.
“You don’t have that kind of association with a person in a club you love … Pep is Catalan from start to finish.
“If you leave, I think your heart will always try to take you back home and I think that if there is one person who can take Pep Guardiola back to Barcelona, it is Joan Laporta.
“The timeline, 2021 when Pep’s contract ends, he will want to finish the job and win the Champions League with Manchester City, but he may not be able to do it depending on what happens with the UEFA ban.”
“And on a human level, we know that Pep has just lost him to the coronavirus, and I feel that Barcelona is taking him home and there is a good chance that he could end up in Barcelona again.”
While Sinclair believes Guardiola is destined to return to Camp Nou, the city’s famous fan, Noel Gallagher, is not convinced that the proven winner is looking for a way out of his current environment.
The Oasis star said when asked in the exit conversation, “I can’t see it.
“Pep runs Man City, he runs it. When you go to Barcelona you don’t run it, you know what I mean?
“He left for a reason, I think there is a lot of politics in the club.
“But in City, he runs it, make no mistake about it, he runs it from top to bottom.
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“I think he is in the most enviable position. Besides him and Jurgen Klopp in Liverpool, I would say that all managers want to be in that position where they are the best in the club.
“What Pep says goes in that club and that’s it. So, to throw that away and go back to Barcelona, where all the politics and history … and coming back, can it be that good?
“I can not see it”.
