Guardiola doesn't think he'll be a football commentator

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he would be happy to leave areas such as football commentary and club operations to people like Gary Neville.

This Saturday, Manchester City will face Salford, the English League Two side owned by Neville, in the third round of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

After retiring, Neville and other members of Manchester United's "Class of 92" jointly operated Salford, and also achieved success in the commentary and business fields. Despite Guardiola's outstanding reputation in the football world, he admitted that he had no interest in switching from the coaching bench to the studio.

Guardiola said at the pre-match press conference: "I have been busy coaching, this is my job. I don't think I will do it (commentary)."

"I'm very careful not to say anything that might hurt my peers. I know how difficult this job is. I don't pretend to know everything."

"I used to be a player and now I'm a coach. Our industry is so complex and unpredictable, I don't want to hurt my peers and I don't want to be in that position."

“Maybe in the future it will be possible, but I don’t think so, to be honest.”

Although Guardiola himself is reluctant to join the commentary team, he stressed that he has never been dissatisfied with commentators who criticize him.

"That's their job, that's normal," Guardiola said when asked about Neville. "It would be boring if they just said the obvious.

"But usually I agree with them, I'm not kidding."

"We can agree or disagree. They have their job and I have mine. It's fine."

"I've said it many times, if you don't like what they say, go to another profession and don't be a coach."