Guardiola extends Barca contract

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has agreed to stay with the Spanish champions until June 2012, the club said yesterday. “The signing of the contract will take place in the next few days,” the club said in a statement posted on its website. The...

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has agreed to stay with the Spanish champions until June 2012, the club said yesterday.

“The signing of the contract will take place in the next few days,” the club said in a statement posted on its website.

The 40-year-old, who spent most of his playing career at Barcelona, coached Barcelona’s B team before taking control of the first-team squad in June 2008 from Dutchman Frank Rijkaard.

The former Spanish international playmaker won seven trophies in his first two seasons at the Camp Nou.

He had a remarkable debut season winning the Champions League, league title and Spanish Cup.

Guardiola added the World Club Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup to his impressive haul the following year, as well as retaining the Spanish League with a record-breaking 99 points.

Barcelona failed to retain their Champions League title in 2010 after they were beaten in the semi-final by Italian champions Inter.

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