Pep Guardiola adamant Manchester City will be his only coaching job in England

Since
being
appointed
ahead
of
the
2016-17
season,
Guardiola
has
led
City
to
three
Premier
League
titles,
an
FA
Cup
and
four
EFL
Cups,
while
they
were
runners-up
to
Chelsea
in
last
season’s
Champions
League
final.

Guardiola
has
a
contract
to
remain
at
the
Etihad
Stadium
until
2023
and
may
yet
prolong
his
stay
with
the
blue
half
of
Manchester.

The
50-year-old
has
an
interest
in
taking
on
an
international
management
role
in
the
future
but
says
regardless
he
will
only
ever
work
for
City
in
England,
even
suggesting
he
could
one
day
take
on
a
different
position
at
the
club.

“I’ve
said
many
times
when
we’ve
finished
our
part
here,
for
the
pleasure
to
live
in
a
European
Championship,
a
World
Cup,
I
would
like
to
live
it
but
I
know
it
is
not
easy
to
find
it
because
normally
there
are
few
positions,”
Guardiola
said
ahead
of
City’s
Premier
League
clash
with
West
Ham
on
Sunday.

“I
think
it
is
difficult
for
it
to
happen.
I
would
like
it
but,
at
the
same
time,
if
it
does
not
happen
I
will
train
a
club.
That
is
not
a
problem.

“In
England,
being
here,
I
think
I
will
always
be
at
Man
City.
If
I
had
to
come
back
I
would
come
back
to
Man
City,
if
they
want
me.
I
don’t
think
I
am
going
to
train
another
club
in
England.
I’m
a
part
of
this
club.”

Guardiola’s
is
a
name
that
has
in
the
past
been
touted
as
a
future
England
manager,
with
present
boss
Gareth
Southgate
having
recently
penned
a
new
deal
through
to
the
end
of
2024.

But
Guardiola
praised
the
Three
Lions
manager
for
the
work
he
has
done
with
the
national
team
and
has
no
desire
to
put
his
name
in
the
frame
for
a
position
that
is
already
occupied.

“Gareth
has
done
an
incredible
job,
reaching
the
final
of
the
Euros
and
the
semi-finals
of
the
last
World
Cup,”
said
Guardiola.

“This
is
a
huge
success
for
English
football.
He
has
extended
his
contract
and
what
I
want
is
after
that
[for
him]
to
extend
for
more
years,
if
he
is
happy
to
do
it.

“I
am
not
here
to
take
anyone’s
position.
It
is
not
my
target.
As
long
as
it
is
possible
to
be
here,
as
much
as
my
energy
is
there
and
my
love
for
what
I
am
doing
is
here,
[I
will
be].
After
that
I
don’t
know
what
is
going
to
happen.”