Leonardo Bonucci wants to further expand his status at Juventus Turin. He even canceled Pep Guardiola and Manchester City for this.
Juventus Turin defender Leonardo Bonucci revealed in an interview that a possible move to Manchester City has been an issue on several occasions in recent years.
“I always dreamed of being coached by Pep Guardiola,” said the central defender The Athletic. In the summer of 2016, when Guardiola had just hired City, they were furthest: “I was about to move to City. It was only about the last details, but then Juventus decided not to sell me.”
Bonucci, who moved from Bari to Turin in 2010 for 15.5 million euros, had another chance to join the Cityzens a year later. Because before he moved to AC Milan in 2017, Guardiola was also vying for the Italian: “A few things should have come together for that to work. And I was already on the floor at Milan,” he explained.
Guardiola wanted to bring Bonucci to Manchester City in 2020
The Milan chapter lasted only a year for Bonucci, and the European champions returned to Juve in 2018. Guardiola knocked again in the summer of 2020, the 34-year-old said: “He wanted to get me, but I said to him: ‘Juventus is my home. I’m happy here and feel at home.’ what I had lost in recognition because of the move to Milan. “
Becoming an icon again at Juve is “the most exciting thing I can do in my career right now,” emphasized Bonucci. The 111-time international is under contract in Turin until 2024.
In the current season he has so far been used in all seven competitive games over the full 90 minutes.
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