Claudio Bravo reveals the prediction Pep Guardiola made to him eight years ago

The Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravodriven by praise from Pep Guardiolacoach of the Manchester Cityhas revealed that his next goal is to lead the national team Chili, for which he has begun to prepare, he revealed two days after announcing his retirement.

“I want to do it and do it well, because the expectations are high. My goal is to coach the national team one day. It would be great, a dream,” he said before revealing that when he was still playing for the Manchester City English under the orders of the Spanish coach, with whom he forged a relationship that began when they were both at FC Barcelona, ​​the idea has already begun to circulate.

“He calls me into his office and tells me: ‘Visualize things, you have to pay attention to this and that because you have incredible potential to be a coach,'” he recalled during an interview on Chilean television. TVN.

The goalkeeper joked: “I have eight more years of career left, do you want to retire me?”, he continued his story. But now Bravo you are already beginning to visualize it.

“It would be a mistake on my part not to be able to contribute to the experience. Obviously, it would be selfish of me not to continue to be involved in it,” he said in an interview with ESPN.

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The goalkeeper, who won 22 titles with clubs and the Chilean national team, takes it seriously.

“I like to do things well. I have to take the time to do it well, take a walk around Europe and visit people who gave me a lot,” he argued.

His retirement as a player, in any case, is firm, as the goalkeeper revealed that he had had several offers to continue: “They were for one year, extendable for one more,” he told Chilean media.

A legend

The farewell of Bravo He received praise for his career. The world press reflected this, and the French daily The Team He did not hesitate to describe the Chilean as a “legend.”

In Argentina He was remembered for winning with Chili the two Copa América finals against the Albiceleste in 2015 and 2016. “Claudio Bravo, one of the last executioners of the Argentine National Team, retires,” headlined TYC Sports.

He also rose to the top of power, with the greeting he received from Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who wrote on his social networks.

“We are eternally grateful for the dignity and pride with which you represented our flag for so many years, in good times and bad, always maintaining humility,” said the president, who received a cordial response from Bravo.

The teammates throughout their careers also left messages, but Arturo Vidal’s stands out because both of them recovered their bond after a breakup that lasted years.

“We know that you will be successful in whatever you undertake, as you have demonstrated in your brilliant career, leaving a legacy in every place you have been,” said ‘the King’.

Bravo, but clear

The goalkeeper had said that he would not play again in Chilidue to the verbal abuse that many fans give to the figures of the Roja upon their return, but he also did not receive offers after finishing his contract with the Betis Spanish.

“I didn’t have any proposal from any club in Chile,” he clarified. Bravo He added: “Criticism doesn’t do anything for me, I know there are bad things. You have parents, siblings,” he told Chilean media.

In that line he defended Vidalwho is one of the footballers who has received insults from the stands.

“Arturo won everything in football, it’s the same thing that happens with Tiane, there are few successful people. Here he enters a stadium and the rival wants to spit on him, insult him, throw a stone. That doesn’t happen in other countries,” he said in another interview.

About the goalkeeper Endler of the Chilean women’s team, who withdrew after a controversy at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, added: “She can’t be out of the National Team. For everything she did in Europe. Even if she doesn’t play, she contributes. She sat at the FIFA awards with the best in the world. So, why do we have her out?”, she concluded.