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Guardiola's father: Pep can't even change a light bulb!

The two-time Champions League winner has cared about only one thing his entire life, according to his dad.

PEP GUARDIOLA’S FATHER, Valenti, has offered some family insight into the decorated coach’s unwavering dedication to football.

The soon-to-be Manchester City boss has won two Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles and twice led Bayern to Bundesliga glory.

And the former midfielder’s father has revealed some home truths about his son’s devotion when it comes to ensuring victory on the pitch.

“I was working 10 hours a day from the age of 14 on building sites and didn’t stop until I was 66,” the Sun quotes Valenti as saying.

I saw early on there wasn’t much danger of him following in my footsteps! The one day I took him out to work with me when he was still a kid… He didn’t come back after lunch. He can’t even change a light bulb!

“I remember him telling me as an 11-year-old when with his boyhood side, ‘Dad, I can’t understand lads I play with who are talking about the film they saw last night before they go out on the pitch. They should be thinking about winning!’”

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    Feb 4th 2016, 5:57 AM

    The English media

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    Feb 4th 2016, 7:42 AM

    Greg’s comment was a reply to Kieron’s . And a bloody good one

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:37 AM

    It consumes him.

    Will only last three years at Citeh.

    The man suffers badly with crippling anxiety. Imagine what the English media will do to him.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:42 AM

    Where did you hear that?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 7:17 AM

    Hardly a united supporter are you Ciaran?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 9:50 AM

    So his father worked on building sites till he was 66 even though his son was a pro footballer earning massive money playing for one of the biggest teams in the world. What a load of bollxx.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:57 PM

    Maybe at that point he owned the company

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:18 PM

    If I had same teams pep walked into I’d probably manage them to titles and cups too.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 9:53 AM

    It’s bad when you have to take stories from that rag.JFT96

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:38 AM

    Build a bridge you’ll live longer and happier for it

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