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Pep Guardiola is just 45, but he’s already talking about retirement

England appears to have already taken years off his life.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola already seems utterly exhausted by the English media. He had a very strange exchange with Damian Johnson of the BBC, where he was told he didn’t seem happy.

Later, Guardiola -- just 45 years old -- talked about his managerial career winding down.

“I will be at Manchester for the next three seasons, maybe more. I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old. I feel the process of my goodbye has already started ... I am arriving at the end of my coaching career, of this I am sure.”

Pep hasn’t even been in England for a year and he’s already sick of it.

Misses of the day

Jesse Lingard and Antonio Valencia combined for this amazing double miss.

In the news

Fernandinho’s suspension won’t help Pep’s stress at all.

Though Pep will be happy to add Gabriel Jesus, who arrived in Manchester on Tuesday. (Mirror)

Juventus has signed Tomas Rincon from Genoa. (Juventus)

Julian Draxler is finally a Paris Saint-Germain player, officially. (PSG)

Former Derby manager and Bayern assistant Paul Clement is going to be the new Swansea City boss. (Guardian)

Cristiano Ronaldo will be rested for Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey game against Sevilla. (AS)

Here’s Paolo Di Canio saying dumb things about fascism again. (Football Italia)

You should be reading

Zito Madu on Olivier Giroud’s perfect goal.

Chloe Beresford on Gianluigi Donnarumma, the perfect successor to Gigi Buffon in Italy’s goal. (Unusual Efforts)

Matt Pearson interviewed David Wagner, the German-American who’s impressing as manager of Huddersfield. (The Set Pieces)

Bobby Gardiner on “the Swansea way,” which the Swans abandoned and need to get back to. (Stats Bomb)

What happened on Monday

Liverpool gave away two penalties in a draw against Sunderland. (Liverpool Offside)

Manchester United beat West Ham with some help from referee Mike Dean. (The Busby Babe)

What to watch on Tuesday (click for listings, all times ET)

Copa del Rey: 4 games (from 1 p.m.) -- Valencia-Celta Vigo is the better early game, then Atlético Madrid-Las Palmas is after that.

Premier League: 3 games (from 2:45 p.m.) -- Bournemouth-Arsenal is the TV game in the United States.

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