Laporta spent seven years as Barca president before stepping down in 2010.
A decade after relinquishing power at Camp Nou, the 57-year-old has set his sights on succeeding Josep Maria Bartomeu in 2021.
Laporta promoted an inexperienced Guardiola to the role of first-team coach in 2008 and that proved to be a masterstroke.
If Laporta has his way, the Manchester City boss will return to Catalonia.
He told Catalan station TV3: “I’m working to introduce myself as a presidential candidate.
“I’ve been president before and I’m excited to be back. The situation in 2021 will be dramatic and we’ll have to reverse it. I’m working with people I trust.”
He added: “I would very much like Guardiola to come back, but now he is at City and it is a decision that Pep should take. He is a benchmark for Barcelona and many Catalans would like him to train Barca again.
“At the right time, I will speak to the person we think should be a Barca coach from 2021.”
Laporta suggested it may be too early for Xavi to take the Barca hotseat, which was only filled by Quique Setien in January.
He said: “Xavi is already a coach, he lives by football and it is he who must decide what his moment is.
“In 2021 there will still be players [at Barca] who were Xavi’s team-mates, and he must think if he is prepared to lead former team-mates, which is not an easy thing.”
Laporta added of the former Spain midfielder: “He is an honest man, he knows a lot about football and he will make the right decision, he will know what his time is to train Barca. I have not talked about Xavi on these issues.”
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