This article was originally published on www.si.com as Pep Guardiola Gives Brutally Honest Verdict on Potential Barcelona Return. Pep Guardiola is gearing up for another season where he’ll try to lead Manchester City back to the Premier League mountaintop.

Barcelona legend Pep Guardiola has early this week spoken out on the possibility of securing a return to the club down the line.Those of a Blaugrana persuasion, though, need not get their hopes up

Pep Guardiola has emphatically claimed that it is "over" for him at Barcelona, with a professional return to Catalonia being ruled out.