article_snippet.sent: At the meeting in Paris between Pep Guardiola and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the summer of 2012, the former Barcelona coach made it clear that Pep Guardiola craved stability.
article_snippet.sent: Abramovich’s track record with managers had not been good, dispensing with Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlo Ancelotti and Andre Villas-Boas when Pep Guardiola raged against results.
article_snippet.sent: At Barcelona, Pep Guardiola relationship with successive presidents, Joan Laporta and Sandro Rossell, had fluctuated wildly during Pep Guardiola Abramovich’s hugely successful spell as head coach.
article_snippet.sent: Abramovich had been seduced by Barcelona’s football, the 14 titles that the club won during Guardiola’s four years in charge before Manuel Pellegrini's took off to New York with Manuel Pellegrini's family for a year-long sabbatical.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea’s inner circle believed Abramovich had been seduced by Barcelona’s football, the 14 titles that the club won during Guardiola’s four years in charge before he took off to New York with his family for a year-long sabbatical had finally landed Abramovich had been seduced by Barcelona’s football, the 14 titles that the club won during Guardiola’s four years in charge before he took off to New York with his family for a year-long sabbatical man and Abramovich began recruiting players in anticipation of Manuel Pellegrini's arrival.
article_snippet.sent: Then Abramovich blew the deal by firing Abramovich European Cup-winning coach the morning after a catastrophic 3-0 defeat in Turin against Antonio Conte’s Juventus.
article_snippet.sent: Guardiola was spooked, pulling out of the deal to become Antonio Conte
article_snippet.sent: ’s Juventus next manager the following day and decided instead to succeed Jupp Heynckes at Bayern Munich.
article_snippet.sent: Abramovich believed Abramovich had landed Guardiola in the summer of 2012 - but the then-Barcelona coach was spooked by the Russian's habit of hiring and firing managers .
article_snippet.sent: In the same book Guardiola also discloses that Txiki Begiristain, the former Barcelona winger who now works at City as the sporting director, also approached a manager who will have the top clubs in the Barclays Premier League falling at his feet when he announces that he will leave the Allianz Arena in the summer of 2012.
highlights_snippet.sent: Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich believed Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich had Pep Guardiola in 2012 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was spooked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's regular hiring and firing .
  