The Man City coach spoke about his former assistant heading to the Emirates

Pep Guardiola said in a press conference that he would go back to Barcelona if they wanted him, if he was an assistant coach somewhere.

"If I am coaching here, or wherever, as a second coach, and Barcelona called me, I will go to Barcelona. It's my club," said Guardiola, speaking about Mikel Arteta, his former assistant, with City and Arsenal gearing up to face each other in the FA Cup.

"Everyone has dreams and I know that he went to his club, the club he dreamed of, he was an Arsenal fan for having played here, he was captain and he loved the club."

Guardiola said he did not hold Arteta's departure against him in any way.

"Life is too short, you have to fly," he added.