Guardiola scoffs at City rumors
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Pep Guardiola insists he will remain Bayern Munich鈥檚 coach next season amidst reports he is set to take over at Manchester City when his current contract expires in June 2016.
鈥淢y future is: Wednesday free, Thursday training, and, of course, next year to be here. That鈥檚 my future,鈥 said Guardiola when asked about his plans yesterday.
Over the weekend, ex-England midfielder Paul Scholes claimed Guardiola will take over as City boss when his Bayern contract expires with current coach Manuel Pellegrini under severe pressure after a slump in form.
Guardiola鈥檚 Bayern is staring down the barrel of a Champions League exit at the quarterfinal stage as it tries to overcome a 2-goal deficit when it hosts Porto today after losing the first leg 1-3 in Portugal.
With a 12-point lead, Bayern can be confirmed as German league champion for the third season running on Saturday at home to Hertha Berlin.
But with its hopes of winning the treble of Bundesliga, European and German cup titles currently on a knife edge, Guardiola insists winning only a single title this season would not be enough to satisfy the Bavarian giant.
鈥淭his is a big club, so you can鈥檛 say we are in a cosy situation,,鈥 said Guardiola, who won 14 titles in four years at Barcelona and has so far won four in nearly two years at Bayern. 鈥淚f you win, you鈥檙e a genius. If you lose you have lots of problems, but that鈥檚 the nature of my job.
鈥淲e have to take more risks after the first-leg result, but I am happy to be here in this stage of the competition.
鈥淲e are just a few steps away (from winning) the German Cup and the German league, if we win on Saturday against Berlin, we鈥檒l be champions.
鈥淭hat impresses me when I see how many problems we have had.
鈥淏ut I know which club I am at, it isn鈥檛 enough to win the Bundesliga and the cup. Only a treble is enough for a club like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern, but I am proud to be here with these players.鈥
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