losing his mum Dolors Sala Carrio to the disease. And, as a man who has, in the past, backed the notion that football without fans is pointless, it might be thought that the return of English football tomorrow night might rankle with him.
But Guardiola welcomed the chance to return to normality, and said that no-one predicted the pandemic when he expressed his views about fan-less football.
Guardiola’s 82-year-old mum died at the beginning of April after contracting coronavirus. And the Manchester City boss, whose team face Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium, said the return to work has helped him. “I’m happy to come back to this routine,” he said at today’s press conference. “I live personally what everyone else lives.
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