BERLIN: Pep Guardiola admitted on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) that the lure of coaching in the English Premier League was the reason for his departure from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich at the end of this season.

“I want to coach in England,” the Spaniard told a press conference, his first since the announcement on December 20 of his departure and replacement by Italian Carlo Ancelotti.

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