Pep Guardiola to reject first club managerial offer after leaving Manchester City | OneFootball

Former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is expected to reject his first opportunity to return to club football after leaving the Etihad Stadium

The curtain officially came down on Guardiola’s historic, trophy-laden decade in East Manchester last month, leaving City to navigate a monumental transition under the incoming pairing of manager Enzo Maresca and Sporting Director Hugo Viana.

While the domestic cup double winners began their post-Guardiola era at the City Football Academy by pushing ahead with first-team contract extensions and transfer plans, the football community remains transfixed by where the legendary Catalan tactician will surface next.

Speculation once suggested a move to the United States was being drawn up by power-brokers eager to capitalise on Guardiola’s availability, but having left City at the peak of his powers, the 20-time trophy winner at the Etihad Stadium has been heavily linked with potential major international vacancies.

Pep Guardiola’s first offer to return to club management

Now, according to The Mirror’s Jeremy Cross, Pep Guardiola will snub an approach from Sir David Beckham to become the new manager of his Major League Soccer club Inter Miami.

It is claimed that co-owner Beckham has made Guardiola his No.1 choice to replace Javier Mascherano, who quit the club last month, in Miami. Club bosses are said to have eyed the chance to speak to Guardiola in-person during the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

However, it is outlined that the Catalan tactician currently has no plans to travel to the tournament in North America this summer.

Why Guardiola is staying out of football for now

Pep Guardiola’s unwavering stance deals a blow to the hierarchy at Nu Stadium, who had seemingly stalled their search for a permanent successor to Mascherano since his April resignation.

Beckham had envisioned a marketing and sporting masterstroke in reuniting the former Barcelona manager with his greatest ever protege, Lionel Messi, to further redefine the global profile of Major League Soccer ahead of its biggest commercial summer.

By letting it be known that any advances are a waste of time, the now-former Manchester City boss has drawn a hard boundary, demonstrating that his exhaustion following a gruelling decade in the Premier League cannot be cured by a new project, albeit lucrative.