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Gary Lineker has shared however helium erstwhile snubbed a Premier League icon who asked for his garment erstwhile the erstwhile striker played for Barcelona.
The icon successful question was a ballboy for the Catalan giants portion Lineker played for the club, arsenic helium spent 3 years determination from 1986 to 1989 aft moving from Everton.
Speaking connected Match Of The Day Top 10 alongside Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, Lineker told the amusement of the archetypal clip helium interviewed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
Before the interrogation began, Guardiola asked the erstwhile England talisman why helium refused to springiness him his garment contempt the Spaniard asking for it connected galore occasions.
Lineker, 64, said: 'When helium joined Manchester City, I went to bash an interrogation with the BBC.
'And helium went, ''Before we start, I was a ballboy astatine Barcelona erstwhile you played, erstwhile you were there.''
Gary Lineker has shared however helium erstwhile snubbed a Premier League icon who asked for his garment erstwhile the erstwhile striker played for Barcelona
The icon successful question was a ballboy for the Catalan giants portion Lineker played for the club, arsenic helium spent 3 years determination from 1986 to 1989 aft moving from Everton
Guardiola was a postgraduate of the club's famed La Masia academy and went connected to marque 382 appearances for his boyhood club
'And helium said, ''At the extremity of each crippled I'd travel to you and I said tin I person your shirt? You ne'er gave it to me.''
Lineker added: 'I did explicate to him, I said, ''Pep it wasn't similar it is now. In those days we lone had 1 shirt. We weren't allowed to springiness it away.'''
Asked by Richards if helium could person bought a garment to beryllium capable to springiness 1 to Guardiola, Lineker joked: 'I didn't gain what you batch earned.'
Guardiola was a postgraduate of the club's famed La Masia academy and went connected to marque 382 appearances for his boyhood club.
He played for Barcelona's reserve teams aft Lineker near the nine earlier going connected to marque his debut successful 1990 nether Johan Cruyff and becoming a regular starter.
After retiring, Guardiola cemented his sanction successful absorption by coaching 1 of the finest teams successful the modern epoch to 2 treble-winning seasons.
He past near the nine successful 2012 earlier joining Bayern Munich successful 2013, wherever helium turned them into the Bundesliga's astir ascendant side.
He past joined City successful 2016 and has affirmed himself arsenic 1 of the top managers successful the English crippled by becoming the archetypal manager to triumph 4 Premier League titles successful a row.
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