Spain’s Josep Guardiola expressed his fear on Thursday that he could be removed from his position as coach of Manchester City if he failed to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
Guardiola has won five league titles with Manchester City in the past three seasons but failed to get past the Champions League quarter-finals with his team, which caused great disappointment.
City, the champions of the past two seasons in the domestic league, are 22 points behind leaders Liverpool, which makes it under the pressure of European compensation, after keeping the title difficult to reach.
Guardiola told Sky Sports: “I want to win the Champions League, I dream about it, and I will enjoy preparing to play against Real Madrid.”
He added: “If we don’t beat them (Real Madrid), well, the club president or the sports director will come and say (this is not good enough, we want the Champions League, I will tell you. I don’t know (whether this will happen) it happened several times It may happen, “according to” AFP. ”
In response to a question about whether the success or failure of any season should only be measured by the championships achieved, Guardiola explained: “We are giving a bad message to the new generation, and to our children, that we only count the winner and the prizes we win.”
The Spanish coach had started his training career with Barcelona’s reserve team, before receiving the helm in the first team for four seasons (2008-2012), then he moved to Bayern Munich (2013-2016), and then to the “Citizens”, where his contract expires at the end of next season So that this would be the largest period he spent with a team if he continued in his position.
