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Joan Laporta has said he will seek to bring former manager Pep Guardiola back to Barcelona if his attempt to return as president of the La Liga club in 2021 is successful.
Laporta was president of Barcelona from 2003 to 2010 and was in charge when Guardiola was promoted from the youth team to manager of the senior team in 2008.
Guardiola is under contract at Manchester City until June 2021, but his future is in doubt after UEFA gave the club a two-year ban on European competition for violating Financial Fair Play rules, one city has appealed. ruler.
“I am working to present myself as a presidential candidate. I have been president before and I am eager to return,” Laporta said on the Catalan station TV3.
“I would very much like Guardiola to return, but now he is in City and it is a decision that Pep must make.”
He is a benchmark for Barcelona and many Catalans would like him to train for Barça again.
“At the right time, I will speak to the person we believe should be Barça’s coach from 2021.”
Barcelona won 14 trophies, including three league titles and the Champions League twice, during Guardiola’s reign before his departure in 2012.
Spanish football is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Barcelona has been in crisis
since six directors resigned in April in protest of the way the club was run.
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