Pep Guardiola's wife has broken her silence following her split from the Manchester City boss to insist she “feels very good”.
Cristina Serra looked a picture of happiness as she shopped alone in Barcelona a week after news of the couple's shocking split emerged.
She smiled as a Spanish journalist approached her in the city center wearing a smart look of white sneakers and baggy gray pants with a designer bag slung over the left shoulder of her cream-colored coat.
When asked how she was doing, the mother of three replied: 'Perfect, thank you.'
He added: “Everything is fine” when asked again about his state of mind.
But the pretty brunette opted for silence when asked about speculation that the cause of their breakup had been Pep's decision to stay in Manchester and sign a two-year contract extension with his club.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will separate from Cristina Serra, his wife of 30 years
Guardiola's new contract is said to be the main reason behind their shocking divorce.
Lorena Vázquez and fellow Spanish journalist Laura Fa, who form a duo of highly respected showbiz reporters called Mamarazzis, broke the story of the couple's split early last week.
Days later, they claimed in a Podcast that fashion entrepreneur Cristina had decided “enough was enough” after learning that Pep had reversed his decision to leave Britain and was going to remain in his current job until 2027.
The 52-year-old, who was still visiting her husband in their adopted city until last summer despite returning to Barcelona in 2019 with her youngest daughter Valentina, now 17, to focus on her business interests, looked to the front when they asked him to comment on the complaints and continued walking.
He ended the brief exchange with a polite “Thank you” as he entered a clothing store he was headed to.
Cristina's first words about her feelings after the breakup showed her apparent determination to continue with her normal life rather than retreat to the £8.4 million house in the exclusive Barcelona neighborhood of Pedralbes that the couple bought in 2021.
He moved into the property two years after leaving Manchester and the Catalan press initially seized on the purchase of the house, made public in June 2021, as a sign that Guardiola, 54, could be planning a return to Barcelona. after the election of Joan Laporta as president.
Lorena Vázquez said last week after news of the separation broke: “After Cristina returned to Barcelona from Manchester in 2019 to focus on her business interests, it is true that the first rumors arose about her marriage to Pep, but no one dared to talk about it.” being a relationship crisis much less a breakup.
“That was until last September, when Pep's professional circle in Manchester was first surprised to not see Cristina in the city after the summer holidays and began to wonder why she was not in Manchester with him.
Guardiola's new contract is said to be the main reason behind their shocking divorce.
The pair appear together after City won the Champions League in June 2023.
“Until then it was normal to see Cristina in Manchester from time to time even though she had stopped living there full-time in 2019 and divided her time mainly between Barcelona and London.
'They continued to see each other and participate in family activities and remained a couple whenever they met.
“Last September Cristina stopped appearing in Manchester.”
Her colleague Laura Fa added about the breakup: “She makes the decision when she decides to renew her contract with Manchester City because in the previous months Pep had been preparing his departure from the club.
'We know that one of his goals was to leave and move to the United Arab Emirates.
'People around him were beginning to say goodbye to him because he was not going to renew their contact.
“That decision not to renew helped him get closer to his wife, but when he decided to stay and extend his contract, Cristina decided that enough was enough and it was she who decided to end the marriage that had lasted so many years.”
At the weekend, the Sun reported that Guardiola held crisis talks last October with his partner of 30 years at their favorite Barcelona restaurant, Bodega Sepúlveda, before signing the contract extension.
The Spanish media have insisted that Pep and Cristina continue to maintain a cordial and affectionate relationship.
A waiter told the newspaper that things “seemed a little tense between them.”
The couple met in 1994 and married in 2014. Spanish media have insisted that Pep and Cristina continue to have a cordial and affectionate relationship and that they have not separated because of a third person.
Their eldest daughter Maria spoke out about her parents' lessons about love after becoming the first family member to speak out since the shocking news of their split.
The beautiful influencer and fashionista said in an interview for a Spanish magazine published around the same time her father's breakup with his wife of 30 years, Cristina Serra, emerged: “My parents have always advised me to find what I'm passionate about.
'They encourage me to try new things, to accept failure and to keep searching until I find my calling, because when I do, total dedication will come naturally.
“They also remind me that the most important thing in life is to love and be loved.”
The 24-year-old London beauty went on to tell Vanity Fair Spain: “In the end, it all comes down to feeling loved.
'Even in situations where we feel out of place, I am told to listen carefully to others, there is always something valuable to learn from every person we meet.'