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Andrea Pirlo reveals how Pep Guardiola almost signed him for Barcelona

Andrea Pirlo has revealed he had the chance to sign for Barcelona under Pep Guardiola back in 2010.

Barcelona played Milan in the Gamper Tropy which led to an interesting conversation after the game.

“There was a chance for Milan to sign Ibra and he [Guardiola] asked him if I was available to join him at Barcelona. We spoke for a while in his office, but then Ibra arrived and I stayed [at Milan] too.

“Guardiola told me he’d like to have me there. He knew me because he had played at Brescia even if we hadn’t played together.