Ex-Barça trainer Pep Guardiola's wife and daughters escaped Manchester Arena attack unscathed
Ex-Barça trainer Pep Guardiola's wife and daughters escaped Manchester Arena attack unscathed
MANCHESTER City FC manager Pep Guardiola's wife and daughters were at last night's Ariana Grande concert during the terror attack which killed 22 people – including six children – and injured 59 others.
The former Barça FC player and trainer has been based in the north-western UK city since last summer with his wife, Cristina Serra and their three children María, 16; Màrius, 14 and Valentina, nine.
Cristina, María and Valentina had gone to see Ariana at Manchester Arena, but Pep and Màrius did not accompany them.
The coach's father Valentí Guardiola told the Catalunya daily newspaper, Regió7, that all three managed to escape the venue in time and none of them are hurt.
“Fortunately, none of this madness affected them and they just had a terrible scare,” Guardiola Senior explained.
Pep himself says he is 'in shock' and 'cannot believe' what has happened.
He sent his condolences on Twitter to the friends and family members of those who have died – of whom three have been named so far – along with the hashtag #Ilovemanchester.
Of the 22 who lost their lives, three have been formally identified – John Atkinson, 26, from Radcliffe; Saffie Rose Roussos, eight, a pupil at Tarleton Primary School in Leyland, whose mother Lisa and adult sister Ashlee were injured; and Georgina Callender, 18, from Whittle-le-Woods an undergraduate student in health and social care at Runshaw College.
