Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his ex-wife Cristina Serra are reportedly working to save their marriage months after their divorce proceedings began.

Guardiola and his wife met in 1994 and married in 2014. News broke early this year that the couple, who have been separated for a while, are getting a divorce.

According to Daily Mail, Pep's decision to extend his contract by two years until the summer of 2027 instigated the divorce as the wife wants the family to return to Barcelona.

The period affected him psychologically and coincided with a poor spell at Manchester City, during which the team won once in 13 games in all competitions.

According to Catalan newspaper El Nacional, Guardiola and Serra have begun making efforts to save their marriage just months after their divorce proceeding went public.

Pep reportedly spent the Easter break at the couple's mansion in Barcelona in an attempt to make up with his estranged wife. Both still wear and flaunt their wedding rings, a sign of commitment to each other.

The publication added that the former Bayern Munich boss promised to fly home once a week to see his family. They have three children together: Maria, 24, who dated former Tottenham star Dele Alli, Marius, 22 and Valentina, 17, who lives in Barcelona with her mother.

As earlier stated that his decision to extend his First contract played a part in the divorce, as the wife expected that he would return to Barcelona or take up a national team job, which would afford him more than with his family.

According to Goal, Guardiola, speaking in December after extending his City contract, said he would not manage another club after and is only open to a national team. “I'm not gonna manage any other club after City.

I'm not talking about the long-term future, but what I'm not going to do is leave, go to another country, and do the same thing as now. Maybe a national team, but that's different,” he said. Many fans see Guardiola as a future Spanish national team boss, but there has yet to be anything concrete around that.

His previous links to a national team managerial job were England and Brazil.