Manchester City board member Alberto Galassi has hit back at speculation linking Pep Guardiola with the vacant managerial post at Juventus, saying that the Spaniard 'wants to stay' with the Premier League champions for the foreseeable future.
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#ManchesterCity, #Galassi: "Pep nostro allenatore, Guardiola alla #Juventus è una falsità, non vuole lasciare il #City"#SkySport pic.twitter.com/YQVbhbZt2q
“The first thing a serious club does in these cases is to contact the other club. It’s unthinkable that City are unaware of his supposed presentation in just a few days.
“The story is totally without foundation. We don’t understand why a club should intervene for the umpteenth time to say Guardiola doesn’t want to leave Manchester City. This question doesn’t exist.”
Galassi did reveal that he had spoken with Juventus vice chairman Pavel Nedved about Guardiola, but says it was only to joke about the 'ridiculous' speculation.
Alberto Galassi:
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“The first thing a serious club does in these cases is to contact the other club. It’s unthinkable that City are unaware of his supposed presentation in just a few days.
The story is totally without foundation...”#MCFC pic.twitter.com/gNi5bqUXVg
“We’ve known each other for a long time, we had a laugh. Juventus are a club that don’t need to be defended and we both realised that the issue had become ridiculous."
He concluded: “I’m sorry for the Juventus fans, but they’ll have to find another coach."
Source : 90min