Pep Guardiola to Juventus: Man City manager rumours 'ridiculous' - board member Alberto Galassi

Last updated on 23 May 2019.From the section European Football981

Pep Guardiola is thrown into the air by his Manchester City players as they celebrate their 2019 Premier League title — Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have collected 198 league points over the past two Premier League seasons

Reports that Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City to manage Juventus are "ridiculous", says the English club's board member Alberto Galassi.

Guardiola led City to an unprecedented domestic treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup this season.

Several Italian media outlets have reported that the Spaniard will replace Massimilano Allegri, who is leaving Juve at the end of this campaign.

"This rumour is unfounded," Galassi told Sky Italia.

Guardiola signed an extension to his deal with the Premier League club last year and is contracted at Etihad Stadium until 2021.

In March, when rumours about him joining the Italian champions - who have won the past eight Serie A titles - were also circulating, Guardiola said he would stay at City for at least the remainder of his contract, unless he was sacked.

I am not going to Juventus - Guardiola

AGI Sport in Italy reported that the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss, 48, has agreed a four-year deal with Juventus, with a salary of £21m per season.

They also said the official signing would take place on 4 June, with the presentation at Allianz Stadium in Turin on 14 June.

Galassi added: "A club like Juventus would not have allowed such news to come out like this. Manchester City could not have been left out without knowing and being advised.

"It is unbelievable that the media pursue these kind of rumours. This is ridiculous. Guardiola wants to stay.

"He is a great professional and he can't believe his words are not listened to. He does not want to leave. Therefore, the problem does not exist because the whole matter does not exist."

Galassi also said he has spoken to Juventus vice-chairman Pavel Nedved on Thursday.

"I have known him for a very long time," said Galassi. "We laughed at these rumours, and we realised that this whole issue had become ridiculous."

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Comment posted by paul tapner, at 17:10 23 May 2019
Make something up. Pass it off as fact. Football journalism must be the easiest job ever
Comment posted by bondi1000, at 17:47 23 May 2019
As a story it's slightly less absurd than the endless BBC pretence that women's football is on a par with men's.
Comment posted by Red devil 79, at 17:12 23 May 2019
The move would be credible... They already dominate their national league, are littered with superstars and have the most money in Italy. Sounds like Pep's usual brief. Nobody will ever accuse him of developing a smaller team with limited resources and that aren't already successful...
Comment posted by Boy, at 17:15 23 May 2019
would love to see Pep "do a Football Manager" and start at a Div 4 Club somewhere. I done it with Gloucester. Boy > Pep

You have 6 years to get to the top flight... crack on son.
Comment posted by Jake2703, at 17:18 23 May 2019
FFP ban from Champions League for City potentially, so maybe not so crazy...
Comment posted by PM-6, at 17:15 23 May 2019
Gutter press at it's best. No integrity, no honour and no respect for the truth.
Comment posted by Permanent_Vacation_Equalitist, at 17:12 23 May 2019
Poor old Tony Pulis. Its was his in the bag.

Never mind. Bye Pep.
Comment posted by Ralph the Cat, at 17:27 23 May 2019
The 12 year old hacks at the BBC are incapable of actual journalism. Misinformation, misspelling are commonplace. 20 year old articles on Utds treble is all they can manage.
Comment posted by Googly, at 17:14 23 May 2019
Something even more ridiculous? Nobody at BBC proofread the headline for the other new top story.

' "A lot of the girls didn't have much sleep" - England train with marines'
Comment posted by FNL, at 17:40 23 May 2019
Why was this a story never mind a hys
Comment posted by theblackparade, at 17:24 23 May 2019
My hp sauce tells me that Juventus were after Guardiola, but when they heard that Chris Wilder won LMA manager of the year they've switched to him instead. Sheff Utd have Donald Trump lined up as replacement, whilst Team USA are expected to appoint the oompa loompa from Willy Wonka in the joint role of head coach and president of the country, so they don't have to change his twitter profile photo
Comment posted by come-back-harry, at 17:35 23 May 2019
oh well one minute it is Poch to Juventus and then Guad --- it is all tosh -- probably the Italian press drumming it all up because all the euro finals are english clubs
Comment posted by nikthefish, at 20:25 23 May 2019
We are supposed to be modern day football fans.

Against the violent racist stupidity of the earlier years.

TV and radio stations spend hours on a player being racial abused, ie a monkey chant.

However we turn a blind eye to the fact that nearly 2,000 men are reported to have died building the stadiums in Quatar.

TWO THOUSAND men dead!

Is a football match worth that?

Who cares?
Comment posted by Divide and Conquer, at 08:20 24 May 2019
How to become a BBC Sport Journalist:
1. Arrive at work for 10:30, make a brew, open Reddit and Twitter
2. Almost time for lunch, leave Reddit and take an hour or two for lunch
3. Get back about 2:30PM and continue surfing
4. Realise that you have to 'do something'
5. Make something up, post it and open a HYS
6. Not enough trolling? Edit the piece to get a reaction
7.... 4:30, hometime
Comment posted by mal123, at 17:43 23 May 2019
Got a better chance of winning the Champions league there then he ever has with City (one semi final since the oil drum money rolled in!).
Comment posted by footyfan, at 17:32 23 May 2019
Is this why we pay the BBC licence? For this utter tosh? Obviously too many people at the BBC with nothing to do but print this nonsense. Sack a few of them and let's get back to proper journalism.
Comment posted by U17670149, at 20:57 23 May 2019
@387. D Law backheel
@379 Perhaps, you should concentrate on your punctuation. Brackets never come after a full-stop. In addition, there should be a comma between correctly and some. Let me know if you require further help.

Perhaps you should concentrate on not looking stupid.
The brackets after the full stop belong to post number 16, not me
Let me know if you require further help. Mug.
Comment posted by Kubicktulip, at 18:37 23 May 2019
social media stinks - total garbage everywhere. Idiots, liars, bullies fakes. A cesspit
Comment posted by U17523679, at 21:13 23 May 2019
@401 Matt
Exactly the same climate as the rest of England. Where do you live Buckingham Palace? Snob.

No it isn't.
Are you saying the average temperature in Middlesborough is the same as Brighton?
If you are, you are wrong.
And no, I don't live in Brighton.
Comment posted by 14067913, at 08:18 24 May 2019
'Anybody, including my mother-in-law, could buy success as Pep has done.'
or
'When Pep leaves City will be nothing.'

Well make up your minds, which is it?