Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

[bell_mcfc]

If true that Pep and Txiki will leave at the same time it’s more likely to hear about it in advance from Txiki side no?

I do think there is something going on with Alonso. He’s staying because they have won the league, fair enough. But he’ll have 1 eye on City/Madrid jobs. If he wanted the Bayern or Liverpool job he could have had it. If he still wants one more year at Leverkusen and doesn’t want to leave after the first league win the appointments of Bayern and Liverpool will say a lot. Short term vs long term.

1st choice is Pep resigns
2nd choice is Xabi Alonso
3rd choice is Michel

In my opinion.

Demichelis could be a great choice for Girona if it’s Michel for City.

 

[Spanishbob]

Bloody hell had my hopes up till I had to go back hundreds of pages to find it was last peps extension in 2022.

 

[Centurions]

I would be amazed if the rumours of Tixki are true, even more so with Omar going to the rags.

If he had any idea the little fella was leaving he would not have gone to the dark side.

Or they are true and Omar was told he'd reached his ceiling with us as we had/have someone else lined up for Tixki's job? That said, people like Omar don't leave overnight so the above would depend on timescales. Are Tixki & Pep both bowing out in 2025 for starters?

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Wouldn't be a trip to Wembley without manager speculation.

 

[Iassel]

I would be amazed if the rumours of Tixki are true, even more so with Omar going to the rags.

If he had any idea the little fella was leaving he would not have gone to the dark side.

I think that’s a bit of a simplistic way to look at it - I suspect he decided to leave as he was being offered a clean slate there to build a club and a ‘legacy’ for himself.

If he replaced Txiki, it would’ve still been seen as Txiki’s team.

As said a few pages ago, journos close to Guardiola said last summer that both would go in Summer 25 so it’s not a new story.

I do think there is something going on with Alonso.

Nailed on to go to Bayern with Wirtz.

 

[waspish]

And we will have people in place to replace them can't see our owner scratching around like the scum for a manager or director of football!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

If true that Pep and Txiki will leave at the same time it’s more likely to hear about it in advance from Txiki side no?

I do think there is something going on with Alonso. He’s staying because they have won the league, fair enough. But he’ll have 1 eye on City/Madrid jobs. If he wanted the Bayern or Liverpool job he could have had it. If he still wants one more year at Leverkusen and doesn’t want to leave after the first league win the appointments of Bayern and Liverpool will say a lot. Short term vs long term.

1st choice is Pep resigns
2nd choice is Xabi Alonso
3rd choice is Michel

In my opinion.

Demichelis could be a great choice for Girona if it’s Michel for City.

I don't think he would want that type of heat from the dippers and their media machinery. He knows how things work here, it would be similar to him choosing to manage Barca back home

 

[Goatmeal]

People forget we won the league with 2 different managers before pep arrived
The club and owners are bigger than one person

 

[Bald fraud]

Xavi Alonso would do for me if Pep leaves, wonder if he’s turned down the dippers as he wants the City job if and when Pep does leave?

I’ve been thinking this. I reckon peps told him how well the club is run. It’s clear pep has enjoyed the city job more than Bayern anyway

 

[Corky]

People forget we won the league with 2 different managers before pep arrived
The club and owners are bigger than one person

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[come-on-barney]

If the club know Pep is leaving next season, guarantee we have someone lined up, it’s the way we work.

 

[bennyboy]

if we had won on Wednesday this would never have cropped up.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I'm sure his wife would love that

Didn’t his wife tweet that she misses Manchester at some point this season?

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

I would describe Pep as the world’s best and almost irreplaceable. That said I equally think you can stay too long for the good of either party. With the exception of the Liverpool “boot room” a club that has a very long period of success under one manager can take a decade or more to recover. You don’t have to look far for examples. The experience of working with Pep, Txiki and Ferran will stand Khaldoun in good stead for appointing replacements.

 

[TinFoilHat]

If the club know Pep is leaving next season, guarantee we have someone lined up, it’s the way we work.

Win the club world cup.

I think he fancies that as jumping off point if he wants to go.

Just listening to him in press conferences at the moment I feel he might stay a bit longer. Things change though. When he does go he deserves a home send off like no other.

 

[KS55]

Win the club world cup.

I think he fancies that as jumping off point if he wants to go.

Just listening to him in press conferences at the moment I feel he might stay a bit longer. Things change though. When he does go he deserves a home send off like no other.

When he goes there will be tears, not just of regret that he is leaving but of sheer joy for what he gave us.

 

[Coatigan]

Bloody hell had my hopes up till I had to go back hundreds of pages to find it was last peps extension in 2022.

Same here for a moment.

Which actually highlights why there is zero reason to even think about this for the best part of another year.

 

[IOWBlue]

Exactly. We agree it should be IS.

No. It shouldn't, and isn't. american shite again.

 

[Goatmeal]

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I meant under this leadership

 

[Keeper!]

Or they are true and Omar was told he'd reached his ceiling with us as we had/have someone else lined up for Tixki's job? That said, people like Omar don't leave overnight so the above would depend on timescales. Are Tixki & Pep both bowing out in 2025 for starters?

WE don't want to lose both at the same time for me.

Tixki pre Pep was very inconsistent but he's done a hell of a job and his little black book alone is priceless, who he does not know in football are not worth knowing.

Whoever take over either job is going to have to be very special to even get near these two.