Guardiola will not leave City before 2025

With a contract until 2025 with Manchester City , Pep Guardiola has not forgotten his roots . At Arsenal's FA Cup pre-match press conference on Thursday, which his team ended up winning 1-0, the Catalan could not contain his desire to one day return to Barcelona. "Wherever I am, if Barcelona come to call me, I'll leave," he said.

It was a throwaway comment that certainly got people talking, particularly in Spain. Asked about Guardiola's comments, City chief executive Ferran Soriano was keen to close the door on the coach's possible departure.

"For everyone who heard what Guardiola said, know that he said if he was the assistant coach of City and Barça called, he would leave. He is not the assistant coach, but the main manager of Manchester City. He is not going anywhere none before the end of his contract," he told 'DAZN'.