PEP GUARDIOLA is ready to defy the Football Association are wear his symbolic yellow ribbon at Wembley on Sunday.
The Manchester City boss takes on Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final.
And the Daily Mail reports he will don the ribbon in solidarity with imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia.
Guardiola has already been charged by the FA for breaching the body’s kit and advertising regulations, and will be sanctioned for “wearing a political message.”
Guardiola has until March 5 to answer the charge and faces a fine or potentially a touchline ban if he continues sporting the ribbon.
So emersed is the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss in this issue that it emerged his private plane was searched by police looking for exiled independence leader Carles Puigdemont.
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Guardiola said late last year: “All the politicians that are in prison, I hope they can leave and go back home soon with their families and continue living the lives they deserve.
“Hopefully sooner or later I can stop wearing it (altogether).”
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The City manager is free to wear the yellow ribbon pitchside during Champions League fixtures as the FA rules exclude Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Also for unrestricted during pre-and post-match media commitments.
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But he risks a more serious touchline ban if he wears the yellow ribbon at Wembley this afternoon.
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“I do that because in Spain two specific people who defend something like the vote, something the people in command do not agree with, are in prison.
“It’s unfair. To make a rebellion on something like that, you have to be something tough to be in prison. And they are still there.
“OK, they can suspend me for doing that, but the other people are in jail. If they want to suspend me — UEFA, Premier League, FIFA — it’s OK.”
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