Manchester City: Guardiola says 'it's not over' after UEFA ban
Pep Guardiola’s future as Manchester City boss has been brought into question after the club were handed a two-year ban from UEFA competitions. But the Spaniard insists both he and his players “support the club 100 per cent”.
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Ahead of the rearranged fixture against West Ham, Guardiola said: “After the game, when you want to talk we’ll talk about whatever you want.
“Let’s focus on what we have to do. At the first moment there was impact after a few hours we can not control.”
“We support the club 100 per cent and what you have to do is our games.”
According to Sky Sports, Guardiola has also told his players: “Even if they put us in League Two, I will still be here.”
Pep Guardiola wife: Who is Cristina Serra? (Image: GETTY)
Who is Pep Guardiola married to?
Guardiola and Cristina Serra first met in an exclusive clothes store in Barcelona.
The store was owned by Serra’s family and Guardiola, who was playing for Barca at the time, was invited to do some modelling for designer Antonio Miro.
The couple tied the knot in a low-key ceremony in their native Catalonia in 2014.
Pep Guardiola and Cristina Serra pictured at Oktoberfest (Image: GETTY)
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Pep Guardiola with his wife Cristina Serra and their children (Image: GETTY)
Guardiola and his wife have three children together, son Marius and daughters Maria and Valentina.
The Spanish coach was appointed manager of Manchester City in the summer of 2016.
He has since steered the club to back-to-back Premier League titles, an FA Cup trophy and two League Cups.
However,the Mirrorreported in September last year that Guardiola’s wife had moved back to Spain with one of their children.
Pep Guardiola has been Man City manager since 2016 (Image: GETTY)
The paper claimed Serra intended to base herself in Barcelona for “the next few months” to “look after her business interests”.
Serra runs a successful fashion company in Catalonia and had been managing things by commuting back and forth from Manchester over the last three years.
The couple’s other two children have remained with Guardiola.
The City boss’ current contract with City expires in 2021.