PEP GUARDIOLA QUITING CLUB LEAGUE IN 2023

 Manchester City Manager  Pep Guardiola Plan To Quit Premier League in 2023 Eye For National Team Job 

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager is set to leave the Premier League  when his contract expires in 2023, as he wants to take a break before venturing into international football, the Spaniard said on Wednesday.

"The next step will be a national team, if there is a possibility," Guardiola was quoted by Spanish daily Magazine

"After seven years at this club, I think I'm going to have a break. I will need to rest after being somewhere so many years and also stop to evaluate what we've done and to try to learn from other coaches.

"If, during this process of stopping, there is a chance to coach a national team then I think I'd like that. I'd like to coach at a European Championship or Copa America or World Cup. I'd like to experience that."

Former midfielder Guardiola has won three league titles with Man City and as many with previous clubs Bayern Munich and Barcelona as manager.

But the Champions League trophy has eluded him at City after he lifted two at Barcelona.

The former Barcelona player has won the Premier League title in three of his five seasons in charge of City and last term took them to the Champions League final, where they lost 1-0 to Chelsea.

Guardiola has also won six league titles and the 1992 European Cup with Barcelona as a player, having scored five goals in 47 internationals for Spain.