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Pep Guardiola launched an X-rated tirade against serial autograph hunters who targeted the Manchester City manager for signatures near his home.
The City boss has been leading his side’s return to their usual title-winning form on the pitch after a dismal end to last year and is showing little patience for what the Spaniard evidently regards as nonsense.
A thrilling 8-0 win over League Two minnows Salford City in the FA Cup earned City easy passage through to the competition’s fourth round with a trip to either Leyton Orient or Derby County now waiting ahead.
Guardiola has already found himself in the off-pitch spotlight this season after previously cutting his face in the dugout in what was later wrongfully claimed as ‘self-harm’.
Now, the short-fused 53-year-old has dished out a life lesson to would-be autograph hunters as they asked for shirts and other memorabilia to be signed while Guardiola walked through a car park near his home.
A fiery Guardiola didn’t waste time in making his feelings heard during the short and heated exchange as he identified two poachers wanting to make money by selling goods bearing his signature and told them to do better with their choices.
Pep Guardiola launched an X-rated tirade against serial autograph hunters who targeted the Manchester City manager
Guardiola has already found himself in the off-pitch spotlight this season
A thrilling 8-0 win over League Two minnows Salford City in the FA Cup earned City easy passage through to the competition’s fourth round
Bizarrely, Guardiola told the individuals who appeared to be middle-aged males to ‘go back to school’ as he vented his disparagement at their actions while going about his everyday business in Manchester city centre.
Dressed in a stylish hoodie and tracksuit combination, an animated Guardiola waved his arms as he warned: ‘Don’t come again, I won’t tell you again, I know your faces.
‘Go to school and prepare yourself guys. You are young guys so don’t be here, wasting time,’ Guardiola told the awkwardly-stood trophy hunters clutching replica shirts.
‘Do you want to live your life doing this honestly,’ he added. A despondent individual could be heard quietly replying ‘No, I used to be a chef’ while the six-time Premier League winning manager continued his rant.
Guardiola continued: ‘Let’s continue to do it. Prepare better. Fucking hell man, this isn’t for all the people this is for you.
‘What are your dreams? Tell me, what is it? Where do you dream my friend? Practice, f***ing hell, practice,’ he finished while attempting to urge the bystanders to clear out from the area.
The video then ends with Guardiola believed to depart the scene and go about his business as the autograph hunters are left rather red-faced from their surprise dressing down.
Meanwhile, Guardiola was also locked in a war of words with club captain Kyle Walker after revealing over the weekend that the right-back wanted to end his time at City.
The England international was dropped from City’s FA Cup matchday squad and Guardiola confirmed his absence was down to Walker signalling his ambition to leave for another country.
The short-fused 53-year-old has dished out a life lesson to would-be autograph hunters
Footage shared online shows Guardiola blasting autograph hunters and told them not to approach him again
‘Two days ago Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad at the end of his career,’ Guardiola said on Saturday evening.
‘He asked two years ago after the Treble. Bayern Munich wanted him but the offer was not good enough.
‘I asked him, the club asked him, how important is this? We cannot understand the success the club had these years without Kyle. It’s impossible. He gave us something we didn’t have and he’s been amazing.
‘But now in his mind he would like to explore to go to another country. For that reason, I prefer to play other players whose mind is here, that’s all.’
