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Pep Guardiola hopes to finish career with Barcelona youth teams

 during a Press Conference at Manchester City Football Academy on April 9, 2018 in Manchester, England.
Image: Pep Guardiola has been at Manchester City since 2016

Pep Guardiola says he wants to end his coaching career where it started - with Barcelona's youth teams.

Having spent most of his playing career with the club, Guardiola started out as a coach of Barcelona's B side in 2007.

After working with the youth sides, Guardiola was named first-team head coach in 2008 and went on to achieve significant success with the club.

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He has since managed Bayern Munich and Manchester City, but plans to return to Barca to finish his career.

"I will finish again where I started," he said in an interview on Movistar. "My last steps will be with the youth teams; I hope it is with Barca. I think it's the best place to start."

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Guardiola won three La Liga titles, two Champions Leagues and two Club World Cups with Barca.

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He has also enjoyed success with Bayern and Manchester City, who won the Premier League last season with a record points haul.

"My teams will play the way I want them to," he added. "That's why I'm a manager, that's why I also deserve to be happy."

Manchester City host Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday.

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