{"id":1381,"date":"2019-02-28T10:06:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/i-wasnt-good-enough-guardiola-reveals-failed-attempt-to-join-wigan\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:06:40","slug":"i-wasnt-good-enough-guardiola-reveals-failed-attempt-to-join-wigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1381","title":{"rendered":"'I wasn't good enough' \u2013 Guardiola reveals failed attempt to join Wigan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The club turned down the Spaniard down as a player, but will have to face him as a manager on Monday <\/div>\n
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed he almost joined Wigan Athletic as a player, only to be rejected because he “was not good enough”.<\/p>\n

Guardiola made more than 350 appearances for Barcelona, winning six LaLiga titles and a European Cup among numerous other trophies.<\/p>\n

But the Spaniard \u2013 then in his mid-30s and having just had a stint at Al-Ahli \u2013 wanted a switch to England in 2005, with Wigan a possibility.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of his City side’s trip to Wigan in the FA Cup on Monday, Guardiola confirmed he wanted a move to the then-Premier League new boys.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, years ago,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t good enough, that is the truth. I was old, really old to come here.<\/p>\n

“I knocked the door, I tried to come here to play in English football as a football player but I was not able.<\/p>\n

“It was the same as when I tried to come here with Stuart Pearce. They were so clever. I wasn’t good enough.”<\/p>\n

Guardiola’s all-conquering City head to League One high-flyers Wigan as hot favourites to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Wigan manager Paul Cook said he had no plans to treat his Spanish counterpart much differently to other bosses.<\/p>\n

Asked if he had a drink for Guardiola, Cook said: “A can of Skol!<\/p>\n

“We respect Pep but our drinks cabinet won’t change for anybody. I think we got [West Ham manager] David Moyes a \u00a312 bottle of wine from Tesco.<\/p>\n

“We’ll show him the utmost respect and I’m sure by the time he leaves he’ll have a good experience of Wigan.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The club turned down the Spaniard down as a player, but will have to face him as a manager on Monday Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed he almost joined Wigan Athletic as a player, only to be rejected because he “was not good enough”. Guardiola made more than 350 appearances for Barcelona, winning six … <\/p>\n

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