Manchester City manager Pep
Guardiola says he will never go back to Barcelona as their coach amid growing
uncertainty about present incumbent Luis Enrique's future.
Enrique is out of contract at the
Nou Camp at the end of the season, and the chances of him leaving have
increased significantly after a calamitous 4-0 defeat away to Paris St-Germain
in the Champions League on Tuesday.
That result, in the first leg of
their last 16 tie, left Barcelona on the brink of elimination from the
competition, and they also lag behind rivals Real Madrid in the race to win La
Liga.
Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto
Valverde is reportedly a contender for the job if Enrique leaves, along with
Eusebio Sacristan of Real Sociedad and Everton's Ronald Koeman, who as a player
scored the goal that secured them their first European Cup in 1992.
Guardiola, who won 14 trophies in
four years as Barcelona's head coach, says he has no intention of returning to
the job he left in 2012.
Despite their stumbles, Barcelona
remains the standard bearers of world football, according to Guardiola.
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