European giants eye Pep Guardiola as dream manager – report

Pep Guardiola

The Italian led the Turin club to an eighth consecutive Serie A title last weekend, but they suffered another year of disappointment in the Champions League with a quarter-final exit to Ajax.

Both club and coach have confirmed their intention to continue working together next season, but Il Giornale believes a surprise separation could take place, as it did when Antonio Conte left the job in 2014.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.