Guardiola: "I never go to United, rather I go to the Maldives"

"After coaching Manchester City, I could never train United. And the same goes for Real Madrid, given my past. Rather, I go to the Maldives, indeed not because there are no golf courses there." The one who speaks on the eve of the Manchester derby valid as the first leg of the semi-final of the 'Carabao Cup', the league cup, is a Pep Guardiola.
And speaking of jokes, Guardiola referred to that of United's 'guru' Alex Ferguson, who when the era of the petrodollars and the boom of purchases began at the City he defined the 'noisy neighbors' 'cousins'. "I know that when I was not here - Guardiola comments - those of the City were the noisy neighbors, but now I don't know if this is the case anymore. In Spain the derby were those with Espanyol and with Real, even if in the latter it was not a challenge between two clubs in the same city. But they were very serious challenges. In England there are many top teams, not a couple as in other countries so things are different here. But I know very well what the people of Manchester are worth this stracittadina ". It will certainly not be an easy match. "With United you can always win or lose, everything happens - says Pep - also because we face each other several times. I know our value, but we cannot always win". And in fact in the league this season United beat City 2-1. Now revenge in the league cup.