Guardiola: I will never return to Barcelona

The heart of the matter Barcelona have a tough errand of fitting the bill for the following phase of Europe's tip top club rivalry after their grievous first leg.Messi has one year left on his agreement at Camp Nou and presently can't seem to sign an augmentation, and his agreement arrangements could be subject to Barcelona's next chief. The Catalan club stay certain that their star player will expand his stay at Barcelona past 2018.

"I will never go back to Barcelona to be coach there. My period there is gone," Guardiola said.

Guardiola was speaking ahead of Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round clash at Huddersfield Town

What's more, as City compete for a spot in the following round, Guardiola called for FA Cup replays to be rejected, rather recommending the Copa del Rey show, which is played more than two legs with the exception of the last.

"In Spain, we play two games. I prefer that situation," he said. "Maybe for the amount of games played, extra-time and penalties would be good.

"But OK, I'm not here to decide the rules of how we play the competition, I'm here to play the competition in the way that the chairmen and the important people decide. I prefer the quality over the quantity. Not only here in England, all around the world. It's a big mistake, so many games."