Guardiola, even working for City for seven years, does not hide his sympathies for Barcelona. He openly admits that he is still a socios (member of the Catalan club). Pep is a graduate of Barça and spent almost the entire world football in this team. He joined the academy when he was 13 and left the club only 17 years later.

Then he played a little in Italy for Brescia and Roma (he didn’t particularly impress Fabio Capello there). Well, more than non-standard leagues for a European appeared in his career. Even now the championship of Qatar and Mexico seems exotic, and 20 years ago it was even more unknown.

Analyst, sports journalist, Barcelona football fan

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