Pep Guardiola has rejected the idea that rebuilding Manchester City is the toughest challenge of his managerial career. Despite his team struggling to finish among the top four in Premier League, the City’s Coach remains unfazed by the task ahead of him.
City, who face Tottenham on Wednesday, sit 20 points behind leaders Liverpool after a 2-0 defeat to Arne Slot’s side. They’ve also been struggling with their defense this season. They were knocked out of the Champions League following a 6-3 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid.
Despite all of this, Guardiola insists that he is prepared for the challenge of helping City reclaim their dominance as seven time Premier League title winners.
“We have done it already, so after nine years it’s not the same thing that we started nine years ago. We have done it two or three times already, so it’s not the biggest challenge,” the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss said on Tuesday.
“The challenge I had was when I was starting my managerial career and with my staff and a lot of staff, we worked together and proved to our staff that we can do it.”
City made four signings in the January transfer window – Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico Gonzalez and Vitor Reis – illustrating the scale of the rebuild required following injuries and a loss of form for key players.
