“I thought he actually might be interested in this job” : Gary Lineker on Pep Guardiola becoming new England head coach

The tale of Pep Guardiola coaching a national team has been dreamt of by many fans and pundits alike, but his recent link of becoming the next England head coach has everyone wondering if the stars will finally align and the Spaniard will finally accept the job next summer.

Although the Spaniard has denied all rumors of coaching the Three Lions, as he is determined to keep working at Manchester City, the key details around him have suggested that next summer might be the perfect time. The FA has recently appointed Lee Carsley as an interim coach, which implies that they might be waiting for the Spaniard’s contract to end at City, which is next year.

Most recently, former England striker and widely recognized football pundit Gary Lineker, addressed this situation and believes that Pep Guardiola is seemingly ‘interested’ in taking this job, even after his press conference which suggested otherwise.

“I did see an interview a few days ago with Pep Guardiola where he was asked in a press conference if he would be interested in England. And you know, mostly people put that away, but he certainly didn’t. And it made me think the way he was talking; I thought he actually might be interested in this job. And the fact that they’ve appointed Carsley as an interim coach and the fact Pep’s contract ends at the end of the season… however, I’m maybe having a little bit of wishful thinking here,” said the 63-year-old (via podcast ‘The Rest Is Football’).

Pep Guardiola and England remains a stalemate (for now)

To no one’s surprise, Pep Guardiola is the FA’s top choice for England head coach, and rumour has it that the Spaniard has received an offer that would be hard to refuse. To say that Pep Guardiola is ‘media trained’ would be an understatement, as throughout his coaching career and countless press conferences, he has always provided the media with diplomatic answers and never gives out anything which they do not already know.

In a recent interview, the Spainard was yet again asked about the Three Lions job, to which he once more gave a rigid reply.

“I have to decide what I want to do in my life. If I want to continue here, take a break, train national teams or not – many things,” said the Catalan manager.

It would be a fair assumption to think that a lot of work goes out behind the scenes that the fans and even the media do not know about. As more time passes by, the feeling that Pep Guardiola will coach England becomes imminent. It also helps the fact that the 53-year-old has achieved every accolade there is in club football, and winning an international trophy with England of all nations will unanimously earn him the title of the greatest manager of all time – if there are any lingering doubts about that.

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