Pep Guardiola could have been Manchester United boss instead of David Moyes had he realised Sir Alex Ferguson was offering him the job

Pep Guardiola could have been Manchester United boss instead of David Moyes had he realised Sir Alex Ferguson was offering him the job
Pep Guardiola has taken the Premier League by storm since arriving at Manchester City in 2016.After a tough settling in period, the Spaniard forced the Abu Dhabi United Group to open up their chequebooks and spend in the summer of 2017.2

Guardiola has been a huge success at Man City

Two 50million full-backs and the most expensive goalkeeper (at the time) came in and Premier League records began to tumble as a result.City left all their rivals behind as they romped to the title while playing scintillating attacking football.However, it could have been so very different had the former Barcelona midfielder realised Sir Alex Ferguson was trying to offer him the Manchester United job back in 2012.Six months before Fergie retired in 2013, the managerial greats met in New York for dinner to discuss the footballing world and how they had both managed to reach the top.2

Moyes was sacked before finishing his first season as United boss

Ferguson claimed in his book,Leading, that he asked Guardiola, who was halfway through a 12-month sabbatical after leaving Barcelona, to contact him before he accepted an offer from another club.But the Catalan says he failed to grasp Fergusons wish and instead joined Bayern Munich, with United eventually turning to David Moyes.Speaking in 2017, Guardiola said: My English in that period was not as good as it is right now and so maybe I just didn’t understand what Sir Alex said, said Guardiola.We met in a magnificent restaurant for dinner and I think he has said he suggested to me something about going to Old Trafford. But I really dont remember that! We spoke about life, about football, about the Premier League. But there was no message sent to me under the table about United. I think I would remember that!It was just two friends, two colleagues in football, talking about many things. But what I do remember is that Sir Alex spoke really fast and it was difficult to understand him! But it was nice because he chose an amazing restaurant and of course he paid!

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