Pep Guardiola has revealed his biggest regret at Manchester City was ignoring Joe Hart’s plea to remain the club’s goalkeeper.
Guardiola will take charge of his final match as City boss on Sunday against Aston Villa, bringing down the curtain on a glittering 10-year reign in Manchester.
The Spaniard has won 20 trophies with City, including six Premier League titles and the club’s first Champions League crown.
But Guardiola has one major regret about his remarkably successful stay at the Etihad Stadium.
He sent Hart out on loan to Torino within weeks of his appointment before signing Claudio Bravo in 2016 and Ederson the following season.
Hart, then an England regular, had urged Guardiola to give him a chance to show he could fulfil the manager’s desire for a ‘keeper capable of starting attacks with his distribution.
