Pep Guardiola's wife has gone back to live in Spain after
spending three years with her hubby in England.
According to a report by Sunday Mirror Sport, Guardiola’s
spouse, Cristina, returned to Barcelona with one of the couple’s three children
to look after her business interests.
She owns a successful fashion company in Catalonia and has
been managing the enterprise by commuting regularly from Manchester for the
last three years. But the plan is for her to base herself in Barcelona for the
next few months before returning permanently to the luxury city-centre
apartment that has become home to the Guardiola family.
The arrangement means husband Pep will take care of the
couple’s other two kids - as well as masterminding his club’s bid for a third
successive Premier League title and Champions League glory while his wife is
away.
The 48-year-old former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach is
in his fourth season at City and is contracted to the club until 2022 after
signing an extension in May last year.
Guardiola met his wife when she was working in her family’s
exclusive clothes boutique in Barcelona. He was playing for Barca at the time
but visited the shop after being asked to do some modelling for designer
Antonio Miro.
They got married in May 2014 and have three children,
Marius, Maria and Valentina.
