Guardiola chills by watching Norwich!

PEP Guardiola has revealed the only English football team he watches for fun are Championship leaders Norwich.

The Blues boss says he has little time to watch the game for recreation, inbetween analysing opponents.

But he says he makes an exception for the Canaries, as they are coached by his friend Daniel Farke, a long-time admirer of the Blues boss’s methods.

The popular view of Guardiola is he is a football obsessive, who spends every waking hour studying not only his own team, but those of rivals and potential opponents.

But when asked about his football viewing habits, Guardiola said he rarely gets time, especially with City having two games a week at the moment.

“It depends how many days I have between games,” said the City boss. “Yesterday [Thursday] on the flight back with the players [from Budapest] I started to watch West Ham on the plane.

“In the night, prepare the training session for today and a meeting with the players tomorrow – we do it as short as possible, don’t talk much.

“When we have more time I take my day off. I saw a little bit of Arsenal and Benfica [in the Europa League on Thursday night], second half. I was curious to watch the game.

“And yeah, I have a good relation with the Norwich manager, so if they play I like to watch them.

“[If] I have some friends in the teams I watch them, we have fun with a glass of wine. But normally when I watch football now, it’s because it is my team or our opponents. The rest? I don’t have time.”