Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed his desire to coach a national team in the future.
Guardiola is in the middle of his eighth season with the Citizens after arriving in the North-West of England in the summer of 2016.
The 53-year-old is currently under contract with the Premier League champions until the end of the 2024-25 season.
Although Guardiola remains focused on his work at the Etihad Stadium, he has admitted that he would be open to coaching a national side in the future.
Guardiola told ESPN Brasil: "A national team. I would like to train a national team for a World Cup or a European Championship. I would like that. I don't know who would want me! To work for a national team they have to want you, just like a club."
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Despite enjoying significant success in his management career, Guardiola has revealed that he has aspirations of lifting the World Cup.
Guardiola added: "When I started in this I never thought about winning a league title or winning the Champions League. No. I thought, I have a job? OK.
"I would like to have the experience of living through a World Cup, or a Euro or a Copa America, or whatever it is. I would like that.
"I don't know when that would be, if that is five, 10, 15 years from now but I would like to have the experience of being a manager in a World Cup."
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A switch into international management is likely to lead to links with his native Spain, while he has previously been mooted as a potential candidate for the England job.
Guardiola has spent his entire management career in club football, beginning the Barcelona 'B' team in 2007 before he took over the first team the following year.
The former Barcelona player won 14 major honours as the club's head coach, including three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies.
Guardiola went on to spend three years with Bayern Munich, where he won three Bundesliga titles on his way to winning a total of seven trophies.
The Man City boss has continued to pick up silverware during his time with the Citizens, including the Champions League trophy in last term's treble-winning campaign.
