This article was originally published on www.si.com as Pep Guardiola Gives Brutally Honest Verdict on Potential Barcelona Return. Pep Guardiola is gearing up for another season where he’ll try to lead Manchester City back to the Premier League mountaintop.

Pep Guardiola has emphatically claimed that it is "over" for him at Barcelona, with a professional return to Catalonia being ruled out.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has declared that he will not be taking a new job immediately after his spell at the Etihad comes to an end. Guardiola has now been in charge for nine years in