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Man City boss Guardiola a Barcelona target as presidential hopeful Laporta outlines plan

Joan Laporta has said he wants Pep Guardiola to return as Barcelona coach next summer if he is successfully elected as the club's president.

Laporta has announced his intention to stand in the club's 2021 election in a bid to return to the post he previously held between 2003 and 2010.

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During that period, he appointed Guardiola as the coach of Barca B and then promoted him to the first team job in 2008.