So, the conversations might have gone like this:-
Abramovich: Hello Pep, here's lots of money, come and manage my team
Guardiola: No, I'm having a year off
Abramovich: OK, here's even more money
Guardiola: How about I start in the summer
Abramovich: You can f*** off in the summer because...
I was walking back to Hove (was actually most of the way back along the seafront) after a student night out in West Street, when I heard the bomb go off.