Pep Guardiola Undergoes Back Surgery In Barcelona, Set To Miss Next 2 EPL Games

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has undergone a successful back surgery.

He is set to be absent for upcoming matches against Sheffield United and Fulham, and fans have been reacting.

The Spaniard recently flew to Barcelona for an operation on a minor issue that has been bothering him for some time, and he will now endure a period of recovery before returning to work.

The 52-year-old has been in the dugout for opening Premier League victories over Burnley and Newcastle, along with travelling to Greece for the UEFA Supercup.

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Josep “Pep” Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. Currently managing Premier League club Manchester City, Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League.

Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker’s role. He spent the majority of his career with Barcelona, forming a part of Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team that won the club’s first European Cup in 1992, and four successive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994. He captained the team from 1997 until his departure from Barcelona in 2001.

Guardiola then had stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico. He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as at UEFA Euro 2000. He also played friendly matches for Catalonia.