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Pep Guardiola launched an X-rated tirade against serial autograph hunters targeting the Manchester City manager for signatures near his home.
The City manager has been leading his team's return to their usual title-winning ways on the field after a dismal end to last year and is showing little patience for what the Spaniard evidently considers nonsense.
A thrilling 8-0 victory over League Two minnows Salford City in the FA Cup gave City an easy passage into the fourth round of the competition, with a trip to Leyton Orient or Derby County now waiting ahead .
Guardiola has already found himself in the off-field spotlight this season after cutting his face on the bench in what was later wrongly claimed to be “self-harm”.
Now the 53-year-old has given a life lesson to would-be autograph hunters when they asked to sign shirts and other memorabilia as Guardiola walked through a car park near his home.
A fiery Guardiola wasted no time in making his feelings heard during the brief, heated exchange as he identified two poachers who wanted to make money selling products bearing his signature and told them to make better choices.
Pep Guardiola launched an X-rated tirade against serial autograph hunters targeting the Manchester City manager
Guardiola is already in the spotlight off the field this season
A thrilling 8-0 victory over League Two side Salford City in the FA Cup saw City easily progress to the fourth round of the competition.
Interestingly, Guardiola told the individuals who appeared to be middle-aged men to “go back to school” as he expressed his disdain for their actions as he went about his daily business in Manchester city centre.
Dressed in a stylish hoodie and tracksuit combination, an animated Guardiola waved his arms as he warned: “Don't come back, I won't tell you again, I know your faces.”
'Go to school and get ready guys. “You're young, so don't be here wasting your time,” Guardiola told the trophy hunters, who were standing awkwardly and clutching replica jerseys.
“Do you want to live your life doing this honestly?” he added. A dejected individual could be heard quietly replying: “No, I used to be a chef” as the six-time Premier League-winning manager continued his tirade.
Guardiola continued: 'Let's keep doing it. Prepare better. Damn man, this isn't for all people, this is for you.
'What are your dreams? Tell me, what is it? Where do you dream my friend? Practice, fuck, practice,” he concluded while trying to urge bystanders to leave the area.
The video then ends with Guardiola believed to leave the scene and go about his business while the autograph hunters are left quite blushing in their surprise.
Meanwhile, Guardiola was also embroiled in a war of words with club captain Kyle Walker after revealing over the weekend that the right-back wanted to end his time at City.
The England international was dropped from City's FA Cup matchday squad and Guardiola confirmed his absence was due to Walker signaling his ambition to move abroad.
The 53-year-old has given a life lesson to aspiring autograph hunters.
Footage shared online shows Guardiola attacking autograph hunters and telling them not to approach him again.
“Two days ago, Kyle asked to explore options to play abroad at the end of his career,” Guardiola said on Saturday night.
'He asked me two years ago after the Triplet. Bayern Munich wanted him but the offer was not enough.
'I asked him, the club asked him: How important is this? We cannot understand the success the club had these years without Kyle. It's impossible. It gave us something we didn't have and it's been incredible.
'But now in his mind he would like to explore and go to another country. “That's why I prefer to play with other players who have their minds here, that's all.”