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Guardiola says not giving Joe Hart a chance is the biggest regret of his Man City tenure

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Published 4 weeks ago

undefined Pep Guardiola's biggest regret during his decade with Manchester ⁠City was allowing goalkeeper Joe Hart to leave, the departing manager has said.

[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]

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