Pep Guardiola FINALLY wins Julia Roberts over as film icon posts about Man City boss 7 years after breaking his heart
PEP GUARDIOLA'S off-off "romance" with Julia Roberts is finally ON - as she posted her congratulations seven years after breaking his heart.
The Hollywood legend, one of Guardiola's three idols, praised Manchester City's Treble-clinching Champions League glory - after leaving him distraught by visiting Old Trafford rather than the Etihad in 2016.
The Pretty Woman star gave Guardiola a Ticket to Paradise after his side beat Inter Milan in the Instanbul final, following their Premier League and FA Cup triumphs.
She wrote on Instagram: "Congratulations @pepteam for leading your team to be UCL champions. #pep #soccermom."
Guardiola - happily married to Cristina Serra - joked about his feelings for the Notting Hilla actress following a 7-0 win over RB Leipzig in March.
Roberts, having already starred in Ocean's Eleven, suddenly learnt she was also in the Spaniard's Top Three.
And Guardiola was devastated when he found she was sloping off with the enemy seven years ago - by heading for fierce rivals Manchester United.
He said: "I am a failure in the Champions League. If I win the Champions League three times in a row I will be a failure.
"I have three idols in my life. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Julia Roberts.
"Julia Roberts years ago came to Manchester - not in the 90s when Sir Alex (Ferguson) was winning titles and titles and titles.
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"She came in the period where we were better than United, in these four or five years, right?
"And she went to visit Man United. She didn't come to see us. That's why even if I win the Champions League it will not compare for the fact that Julia Roberts came to Manchester and didn't come to see us.
"Even if I win the Champions League it will not compare to this disappointment I had."
Now the world awaits a sequel to that outpouring - as Guardiola can now say if that claim was true or if he was being a drama queen.
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