Pep Guardiola says he would love to take on the challenge of international management but has no plans to leave Manchester City anytime soon.

Guardiola has won 39 trophies across his 17 years as a first-team manager, winning silverware with all three of his clubs, including three Champions League titles.

At City, he has lifted 15 of those, including a treble in 2022-23, when they won the Premier League, FA Cup and a maiden Champions League.

Guardiola, who made 47 appearances for Spain as a player, has never been involved in international management. However, he was linked with such a move in the first half of 2024-25 before signing a two-year deal.

"I would love to be in a World Cup, in a Euro, a Copa America," Guardiola told Reuters.

"I have always thought about it. But it depends on many, many things. If it happens, it's fine. If it doesn't happen, it's more than fine as well."

Last season was seen as an underachievement for City, however, as they failed to win any of the four major trophies on offer.

They finished the Premier League campaign 13 points behind Liverpool, who ran away with the title by securing it in April, while they were beaten in the FA Cup final by Crystal Palace and knocked out of the Champions League and EFL Cup by Real Madrid and Tottenham, respectively.

Despite victory against Fulham on the final day, Guardiola saw his team finish outside of the top two (third) for only the second time in his 16 seasons as a top-flight manager, along with the 2016-17 Premier League campaign (also third).

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City came under criticism due to their struggles in 2024-25, but Guardiola is determined to start next season fresh, but not with the goal of “proving the haters wrong”.

"It's to prove myself that I can do it, I don't want to have those feeling that last season left," he added.

"Because when we win, the wine tastes better afterwards, you sleep better. I don't know a manager who loses games and sleeps like a baby. It doesn't happen. You've got to worry. That's part of our life."

One of City's main aims for the upcoming season is to win a second Champions League title.

Their first came in 2023 with a 1-0 victory over Inter, just two years after they were beaten by Chelsea in the showpiece.

Though the task may be a big ask, Guardiola acknowledged that even athletes at the top of their game do not win everything on offer.

"I won 12 domestic leagues in 16 years. It's not bad, I would say. But you cannot win all the time. I cannot win the Champions League all the time," he said.

"Michael Jordan, the best athlete I've ever seen in my life, won six NBA Championships in 15 years. Tiger Woods, one incredible golf player, Jack Nicklaus, I don't know how many he has. But they lost more Grand Slams than they won. It happens."