Pep Guardiola: I will always stand up for human beings who are suffering - Guardiola made a speech in support of Palestinian children at a charity event in his home city of Barcelona last week.

Pep Guardiola, still regarded as one of the most influential figures in Barcelona’s modern history, has quietly extinguished one of the most persistent fantasies held by many Blaugrana supporters.

Guardiola was in Barcelona three days before Man City’s clash with Spurs giving a talk about the conflict in Israel and Palestine.