The last meeting between Joan Laporta and Pep Guardiola would have left an interesting promise by part of the mandator culé to the Catalan trainer. As it has filtered 'Catalonia Ràdio', both trust that the FC Barcelona and the Manchester City will find in Wembley on 1 June 2024 to contest the 'orejona'. In fact, Pep already won the trophy in this stadium with the Barça in 2011.
"We have spoken with Pep, have said us that next year we go us to find in the final of the Champions", said Laporta. The leader and the trainer dined the Monday in a known restaurant of the City Condal, as it ascertained the journalist Gerard Romero. The meeting served to celebrate the titles of LaLiga and the Champions obtained by Barça and City, as well as for ultimar the details of the signing of Ílkay Gündogan.
The praises of Pep to Laporta
"Jan is doing a titanic work. So all my gratitude and credit by the very that are doing it", commented Guardiola on the second mandate of Laporta in the Barça. On the financial problems of the club, the ex Barcelona technician did not doubt in attributing the crisis to the previous management. "Those that spent 300 or 400 millions by three or four players", added the one of Sampedor.
Nevertheless, the technician of the group 'sky blue' left clear that, in his plans, is descartado go back to Barcelona. "Andl Barça has a trainer cojonudo. That knows how goes this invention. It has won LaLiga, that is a trophy, the most important. Ojalá Was many, a lot of years and when it decide that it has finish his stage will come the Busi or the another. They are stages, already said that my stage like trainer finish and already is".
Barça and City can avoid in Champions until chambers
So much Barça as Manchester City will be heads of series in the Champions 2024, by which will not be able to cross in the phase of groups (something that sucedió in the 2016/17, already with Pep in the City). Neither they would have to see the faces in eighth of final if both finish leaders in his groups. From chambers, anything can happen. Both clubs contested a friendly charitable the past year that culminated empatado (3-3).