BarcelonaPep Guardiola’s journey in Manchester is not over. After a few weeks with rumors about his future, the coach has decided to continue at Manchester City. Advance it The Athleticwho explained that the Santpedor coach will extend his contract at least until June 30, 2026, with the option of renewing for another year. Guardiola will reach 10 years in charge of the club where he has spent the most time, building a project with which he has won the Champions League.
It will be a special renewal because it involves a new era: Guardiola without his fellow adventurer, sporting director Txiki Begiristain, who will leave the club at the end of this season. The position will be held from June by Hugo Viana, who is still the top sporting director of Sporting de Portugal. With him, Guardiola will begin the reconstruction of a project that has always been evolving, but right now is experiencing a small setback, with four consecutive defeats against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup (2-1), Bournemouth (2-1) and Brighton (2-1) in the Premier League and Sporting de Portugal (4-1) in the Champions League.
The coach, who led the Camp Nou bench for four years and Bayern Munich for three, has been in England since 2016. Guardiola has always explained that “at City I have everything to work as I like”, after get there with the help of Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain. When Manchester City faced a possible relegation in court, being accused of breaking British sports regulations, Guardiola came to defend that he would not leave in the event of finishing second, proof of the connection with the board of the entity . City, however, won their legal battle a few weeks ago. In recent months, his name had been linked to some teams, such as the Brazilian team, who had knocked on the door of a coach who wants to continue making history in Manchester. The English adventure will continue.
