Gary Lineker shared how he once beat a Premier League icon icon that asked for his shirt when the former striker played for Barcelona.
The icon in question was a Ballboy for the Catalan giants while Lineker played for the club, because he spent three years from 1986 to 1989 after moving Everton.
Speaking of the day of the day Top 10 next to Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, Lineker told the show of the first time he interviewed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
Before the interview started, Guardiola asked the former Talisman in England why he refused to give him his shirt, despite the Spaniard who asked for it on different occasions.
Lineker, 64, said: 'When he came to Manchester City, I went to do an interview with the BBC.
“And he went,” before we start, I was a Ballboy in Barcelona when you played when you were there. '' '
“And he said:” At the end of every game I would come to you and I said I have your shirt? You never gave it to me. '' '
Lineker added: 'I explained it, I said:' 'Pep it was not like now. In those days we only had one shirt. We were not allowed to give it away. '' '
Asked by Richards if he could have buy a shirt to give one to Guardiola, Lineker joked: “I didn't deserve what you earned a lot.”
Guardiola graduated from the famous La Masia Academy of the club and made 382 performances for his boys' club.
He played for the Barcelona reserve teams after Lineker left the club before he started making his debut under Johan Cruyff and became a regular starter in 1990.
After his retirement, Guardiola confirmed his name in management by coaching one of the best teams in modern times to two Treble-winning seasons.
He then left the club in 2012 before he came to Bayern Munich in 2013, where he changed them to the most dominant side of the Bundesliga.
He then came to City in 2016 and confirmed himself as one of the greatest managers in the English competition by becoming the first coach to win four Premier League titles in a row.
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