World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas has expressed “disappointment” in his former coach Pep Guardiola.
Guardiola lured Fabregas to Camp Nou from Arsenal back in 2011, having seen him emerge as one of the best midfielders in Europe at Emirates Stadium.
Fabregas says he hasn’t spoken to the 49-year-old, who is now in charge at Manchester City, since his departure from Barca, and has hinted that the pair’s relationship has been damaged beyond repair.
Asked if he’s been in contact with Guardiola at all over the past eight years, the Monaco midfirlder told CCMA: “No, no, with Pep nothing at all.
“I don’t know if the disappointment with Pep is mutual. Things happened, but I prefer not to talk about it. Pep was my idol since I was a child. It is from him that I have learned the most, perhaps, since I was four until now.”
Fabregas eventually left Barca to join Chelsea in 2014, and went on to win his first Premier League title.