Barcelona forward Neymar has expressed his desire to work under the team’s former coach, Pep Guardiola, who’s presently the coach of German champions, Bayern Munich.
The 23-year-old Brazilian who signed for Barcelona in 2013, a year after Guardiola left the club to embark on a year-long sabbatical, was responding to a question about whether he had any particular coach he would like to work with in the future.
Not mincing words, Neymar said: “Yes, there is one: Guardiola is a guy that I really admire and who I would love to work with”.
However, he affirmed his happiness at Barcelona, stating that he was “very happy” to be playing for the Catalan club.
But Neymar said he would like to ply his trade in the United States and his native Brazil before calling time on his career.
“I want to go back to Brazil some day and I also would like to play in the United States – those two countries are where I want to play later on my career,” he noted.