I cant remember fergie Man u offer- Guardiola

Pep Guardiola says he cannot
remember Sir Alex Ferguson talking to him about
the Manchester United manger's job, but adds it
would not have made a difference about taking
over at Manchester City.
Guardiola will be in the City dressing room for the
Manchester derby on Sunday, aiming to extend
their lead over United to 11 points at the top of
the Premier League table with a win at Old
Trafford.
Former United boss Ferguson wrote in his book
"Leading" that in 2012 he had spoken to
Guardiola in New York about the possibility of
succeeding him at Old Trafford, but the City boss
says his English was not very good at the time
and he has no recollection of it.
"I know he has said that but I don't remember,"
Guardiola told a news conference. "We spoke
about life, about football of course, about the
Premier League, but he never sent me a message
under the table to say, 'you know, maybe United'
or something like that.
"I remember, he spoke really fast, it was difficult
to understand. It was nice because he chose an
amazing restaurant and of course he paid!"
Guardiola was on a sabbatical at the time, having
left Barcelona for a year out. He went on to
manage Bayern Munich to three Bundesliga titles
before moving to City in the summer of 2016.
He added that he had no doubts about switching
to the Etihad Stadium once director of football
Txiki Begiristain and chairman Khaldoon Al
Mubarak had made clear how much they wanted
him.
"After that [it was] Manchester City. I said if I go
to the Premier League I will go to them because I
know Txiki and I met Khaldoon in the last period
in Munich and they show more interest than
anyone else and that was so important to me,"
Guardiola said.
"[They said] I want you not just for the
hypothetical titles you are going to win, or what
you won in the past, but I want you, and that is
why I accepted to come and I don't have any
regrets."
While Guardiola ended up at City, his old Real
Madrid adversary Jose Mourinho took over at
United in the same summer.
The pair have had a reasonably amicable
relationship in England so far compared to their
old La Liga rivalry, but Mourinho aimed a jibe at
the City boss ahead of Sunday's derby.
He claimed City players dive and questioned why
Guardiola has not been charged for wearing a
yellow ribbon to symbolise support for politicians
Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez, who have been
jailed amid the row over Catalan independence.
Guardiola has tried to play down the rivalry and
insists he takes no extra pleasure from beating
Mourinho's teams.
"My opinion about what he has done as a
manager will never change. I know the way we
see the game is different but we love to compete,
we love to win games," he said.
"But, believe me, it is not a special situation when
I beat somebody's teams at all. I want to win
but when I lose I accept the defeat and I try to
learn from that for the next one. Then we move
on.
"I respect a lot of my colleagues, Jose as well.
We want to beat each other but what happens on
the pitch happens on the pitch. After that it is
over."