Guardiola: it's a situation that is not easy for me
Pep: I hope that you can understand my reasons. I'm sorry for the uneasiness I have created during this time.
Guardiola: "Four years is an eternity for a coach"
Guardiola: "Being Barcelona coach for four years is an eternity."
Pep: Since October, beg of Dec, I told the director that my time at the club was ending.
Pep: I couldnt tell the team my decision then. This is because everything has taken so long.
Guardiola: "The new coach will provide things I have not been able to provide"
Guardiola: "I don't have any energy left, I need to recharge."
Pep: In 4 yrs we have been able to rest very little and the coach must be strong, with the necessary energy.
Guardiola: "Time has taken its toll"
Guardiola: "I'm drained and I need to fill up. The demand has been very high and a manager must be strong."
Pep: I need to recuperate energy and that can only be achieve by resting, by distancing myself.
Guardiola: "It wouldn't have been a good thing, not for me, not for the players, if I would have continued."
Guardiola: "I am going away with the feeling I have done my duty, proud of the way I've done it. The club is a powerful force."
Pep: The love I have for the players is very strong. I know what I am leaving, that its the best place possible, a privileged place.
Guardiola: "I thank the players who have made possible the game I had in mind."
Pep: I'm satisfied by the results and thankful for the players for everything they have given during this process.
Guardiola: "The person who will succeed me has the skills to do so."
Pep: Thank the players for the millions of plays and matches that were imagined and became a reality.
Guardiola: "I leave with the feeling of a job well done. I'm proud to have been Barcelona's coach."
Pep: The players have given me the best prize.
Guardiola: "I need to recover the passion I had in my first year. The culprit in all this? Time."
Pep: With Barca B i wanted to get promoted, years later I got the opportunity
Pep:...with the first team with the feeling that we were capable of everything.
Pep: I could have continued, but not in the way Barca deserves.
Pep: This is a team is strength, a life, an unstoppable force.
Pep: I'm not scared because who succeeds me will be better capable to continue with this work.
Q&A, Pep: Since I arrived I said I would try to be the best coach for the players.
Question: And now what? Pep: You wouldn't be interested (smiles)
Guardiola:"I'm the manager with the third most games on the bench in the history of the Club. This is an exception. The problem is time."
Pep: That strength I had, I was losing it and I leave the path for someone else. Best sensation for me is that I've done the deed.
Guardiola: "Sooner or later, I'll take up another coaching job but not right now."
Pep: I am not thinking about training, but I may change my mind. For now, I am not interested.
Guardiola: I wish Tito the best. Aside from of my high esteem for him, I thank him for all he has helped me with.
Guardiola: "You can expect the best from Tito. He's more than skilled, the players know him... I think the club made a great choice."
Guardiola: "I'm truly sorry for losing my energy. If I don't have that life that I had when I started... I can't lie."
Guardiola: "I was just the voice of the ideas Tito and I developed together."
Guardiola: "The players have today trained as beasts. It's a good sign. They'll feel bad for one night. They're in good hands."
Guardiola: "If I had felt he was not the right person (Tito), I would not have suggested - but that is not the case"
Guardiola: "I could met Chelsea in February, but it would have meant lack of respect for Barça"
Pep: All the coaches in the world wish they could coach at Barca.
Pep: I told Tito that is he feels strong enough, to go for it. If you think this can keep working. It's demanding.
Pep: I have no doubts that he is capable to coach this team.
Pep: With Laporta and Rosell, relations have been impeccable and I can only thank them for everything.
Pep: My family has not influenced me whatsoever. I've known my wife since I was a player, the kids are very young.
Guardiola: "When Ttito asked me my opinion, I said he should feel if it. That if he felt strong enough, he should get in there."
Guardiola: "The decision to appoint Tito was made by Zubizarreta. He just asked my opinion, I said he could do the job."
Pep: I don't know when I will coach again. Im interested in doing other things. Now, rest. We'll see where life takes me.
Pep: I want to distance myself from the pressure of football, and I will see what I do with my life.
Pep: I don't even know when I will want to coach again.
Pep: There are things other than football, don't dedicate everything to football, I've told my players.
Guardiola: "I've thought a lot about Abidal, and Keita, who has been my ethical, vital barometer."
Guardiola: "I won't keep the titles, I will keep the memories of personal relations, what we lived together. That has been the best part."
Pep: Let's be clear. I'm leaving. I'm taking a step back. I'll be here until the cup final and then I will no longer be here.
Guardiola: "The president has offered me some things, but I need to take some distance."
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