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Pep Guardiola will not take on a second managerial role at the club immediately after leaving Manchester City.
Guardiola recently signed a two-year contract extension at the Etihad that ties him to the four-time defending Premier League champions until June 2027.
The Catalan says he would have no interest in remaining on the club’s board – although he has not ruled it out in the future – but taking on international work could be an option.
In a conversation with chef Dani Garcia at his Desmontadito YouTube channelGuardiola said: “There will come a time when I will feel that enough is enough and then I will definitely stop.
“I will not lead another team. I’m not talking about the long-term future, but what I won’t do is leave Manchester City and go to another country to do the same thing I’m doing now.
»I wouldn’t have the energy for that. I’m still here doing what I am today. But the thought of starting somewhere else, with all the training process and so on… no, no, no! Maybe the national team, but that’s different.”
A break would help Pep
Guardiola also said he felt the break would do him good and perhaps make him a better manager.
“I should stop, like these chefs who go to other countries, stop and see what we did well and what we could do better, and when you’re busy all day day after day, you don’t have time for that. I think a break would do me good,” he added.
The 53-year-old also described how lonely life as a top football manager can be, especially when results are as disappointing as they have been for City recently.
He said: “The starting point in dealing with the problems of defeat would be to be with people, actually your family. But no one can really comfort the loneliness of a football manager.
“You have people by your side, but bad decisions, why did I do it, it went wrong because I did this, I didn’t push them enough….the pain of defeat, you feel it yourself. You may have friends around you, but when you close the bedroom door and turn off the light, there is no comfort. You have to let it go for a day or two and then start over.”
Golf is the solution
He added: “Golf helps me. One of the best therapies I have is when the Augusta Masters or one of the big tournaments is on the circuit from Thursday to Sunday and I prepare my matches at home or here at (Manchester restaurant) Tast.
“I look at our opponent and the pictures I want to take, but always with golf in the background. A bottle of wine, a glass of wine, work and listening: “Now so and so, Tiger Woods for example, will take the first shot, look at the shot, then go back to what I was doing, and then the same thing again. I think that kind of work makes me a better manager.”
City have won just one of their last nine games in all competitions. They visit Juventus in the Champions League tomorrow night before hosting local rivals Manchester United on Sunday afternoon.
