Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola has recommended that he might depart his submit, ought to the Eastlands outfit full the Treble this season.
Guardiola is getting ready to historical past, having wrapped up a Premier League title already, with FA Cup and Champions League finals to return in June. The Catalan final tasted European glory in 2011 with Barcelona and has been on a quest to repeat such success since with Bayern Munich and now Manchester Metropolis.
Having solely signed a brand new contract in November 2022 to take his tenure on the Etihad Stadium via till 2025 – giving him 9 seasons in cost, ought to he see it to completion – Guardiola is now dealing with questions on whether or not he’d think about breaking that deal early, ought to he full his mission in Istanbul in opposition to Inter Milan subsequent month.
“First, we have now to win it – [then] you’ll be able to ask me after and I’ll inform you how I really feel and the way I feel,” Guardiola informed Sky Sports activities when requested about his future.
“In fact, we’re three video games away and we want every competitors to do it. [But] You will inform me that our metropolis rivals, Manchester United, will probably be a simple recreation?”
Whereas Guardiola has been coy over a possible departure, it appears unlikely that he’ll truly stroll out on the champions. The Metropolis boss has refused to speak about his future previously, permitting his final contract to strategy its remaining 12 months earlier than re-signing.
Guardiola enjoys a superb relationship with a number of of the Metropolis hierarchy having hyperlinks to the supervisor. CEO Ferran Soriano was on Barcelona’s board of administrators within the 2000s, whereas director of soccer, Txiki Begiristain, performed in Johan Cruyff’s ‘Dream Staff’ of the 90s with Guardiola himself.
Have been Guardiola to truly depart Metropolis, it’s possible {that a} contingency plan can be identified by now, with a number of managers on a shortlist to switch the outgoing boss.
Former captain and present Burnley gaffer Vincent Kompany is at the moment 9/2 favorite with Paddy Energy to grow to be Manchester Metropolis’s subsequent supervisor.
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