Pressure at Barcelona is ‘incomparable’ to Premier League says Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola spoke on his own future after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Barcelona boss Xavi both confirmed they would leave at the end of the season
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00:00 Obviously within a few days we had two big announcements in football,
00:04 first Klopp and then Xavi, and even though for different reasons there is a
00:09 debate about energy levels demanded by football from managers, especially long
00:15 seasons, long-term managers. Do you think that the structure of football at City
00:19 in a way saves you a bit of energy to focus on football?
00:25 Yeah, we cannot compare the pressure we have in England and in Spain, from my
00:30 experience. Why? It's a thousand times higher and tougher there than here.
00:38 For the managers it's a real place to be, of course a lot of games and six press
00:45 conference a week and every three days game is a lot, but the pressure you feel
00:50 in Barcelona is not comparable for another club. Do you feel any sympathy
00:56 towards Xavi? Yeah of course, I understand completely.
01:03 Have you spoken to Xavi since he announced his news? No. I wonder when you left
01:09 Barcelona you obviously took that sabbatical, I just wonder why was that so
01:14 important to you and what did it do for you that time away from the game in New York?
01:17 Well it was good to be in the family, do something I've not done, but after two or three months I
01:25 signed a contract for Bayern Munich so I didn't relax much, I expect, but yeah it
01:31 was good. So we take a decision and yes, a long time ago already I forgot it,
01:37 maybe my feelings in that moment. And yet here, you've obviously been here longer
01:42 than anywhere else, you spoke I think last week you joked about maybe
01:45 extending your contract again, what is it about this place and this role that
01:49 enables you to have that continued energy? I say many times I have everything
01:53 what a manager could dream, I have everything. Hierarchies support me and
01:59 have always, we change a lot of players in seven years but all of them have been
02:03 incredible, supportive, good environment, so I have everything. So still I'm, I feel
02:13 good and of course one day is going to finish but I don't think about that right now.