[p]"When you take a lot of decisions, a lot, lot of decisions, you make mistakes," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guardiola-pep/hxNijWrJ/"]Guardiola[/a], who will leave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] after Sunday's final Premier League match at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a], told Sky Sports in an interview.[/p][p][b]“There is one regret that I have deep inside for many years, that I didn’t give a chance to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hart-joe/KWoMfbLD/"]Joe Hart[/a] to be with me to prove himself how good a keeper he was. I could have said, 'Okay, Joe, let’s try to do it together. If it doesn’t work, okay, we’ll change it.' But it happened.[/b][/p][p][b]"I have to take decisions and sometimes I’m not fair enough. Maybe with time then and learning... but I regret it from that time."[/b][/p][p]After taking over in 2016, Guardiola sent England custodian Hart on loan to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/torino/MZFZnvX4/"]Torino[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham[/a]. Hart permanently left for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a] in 2018, after 348 appearances for City over 12 years.[/p][p]Later, he briefly played for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] before concluding his career at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a].[/p][p]Guardiola, who led City to six Premier League titles, a Champions League triumph and the Club World Cup, said that dealing with human emotions was the toughest part of being a manager.[/p][p][b]"If in that I failed, I do apologise, but it never, never was my intention or the intention of the club,"[/b] the 55-year-old Spaniard added.[/p]
Guardiola says not giving Joe Hart a chance is the biggest regret of his Man City tenure
undefined Pep Guardiola's biggest regret during his decade with Manchester City was allowing goalkeeper Joe Hart to leave, the departing manager has said.
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