Pep to leave at the end of the season

[Coatigan]

There is that point but was Pep out of contract at Barcelona?

He was, yes.

 

[manimanc]

I got told he was going to Saudi, a few weeks ago. Its second hand info and comes from someone within the close security of the team and manager.
I thought it was absolute nonsense when I first heard it. But after seeing how things have developed since then, I can't really disregard it as flippantly as I did.
I have never before had itk info and I doubt I will ever get any again. But, its a little more believeable after the last few weeks.
It would really not surprise me to see him in Saudi. Get paid lots of money, a new experience for him, less pressure and he takes over a national team in a few years

I'm sure Pep will relish going to the middle East with what is going on over there.
Just hope he takes his hard hat with him.

 

[jrb]

I think our owners want a seamless transition without the upheaval of a completely new manager and a new style of football after Pep, so Maresca is ideal. TBH he wouldn’t be my first choice, but I will give him my support.

 

[Keith Moon]

Spain won't offer Pep the chance to manage Spain whether Pep want's to or not. And i very much doubt he does due to him being a staunch Catalonian wanting Catalan independence from Spain.

Sure, Spanish nationalist groups, parts of the Madrid media, and some supporters would probably struggle to accept him as national team manager, but at the same time he is arguably the greatest Spanish coach of all time, and I’m convinced that most Spaniards feel his Catalan identity shouldn’t matter in sporting terms. Spain has also previously had both Basque and Catalan national team managers.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

If he’s said he’s here next year il believe that over paper talk

 

[super_city_si]

Liverpool in disarray
United fooling themselves
Arsenal clinging on after overreaching
Chelsea - yet another rebuild and false dawn
Villa - the sharks will be coming for their best players

If Pep wants to stay in football - he's in the best and most exciting place - unless it's for the sake of his health, he'd be crazy to leave now.

He won’t go anywhere straight away. When he leaves he’ll take a break and plan his next move

 

[Bozzie]

Let’s all hope that the way Pep has seen the players come together since the start of the year has given him the incentive and the desire to see another season out. We’ve provided him with the perfect environment in which to operate, which is why he’s stayed so long. There isn’t a better place, in club football, for him to be but, like Bernardo, family may shape his decision. If it’s Maresca then it seems he’ll arrive with a ringing endorsement from Pep, that in itself should be enough to give him credibility with the players and the platform to be successful … until Vinny says “I will”.

 

[Pam]

Let’s all hope that the way Pep has seen the players come together since the start of the year has given him the incentive and the desire to see another season out. We’ve provided him with the perfect environment in which to operate, which is why he’s stayed so long. There isn’t a better place, in club football, for him to be but, like Bernardo, family may shape his decision. If it’s Maresca then it seems he’ll arrive with a ringing endorsement from Pep, that in itself should be enough to give him credibility with the players and the platform to be successful … until Vinny says “I will”.

Like the pisscan with Moyes. No thanks. Stay Pep.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Don't hold your breath.

Actually City's fans are remarkably loyal to managers. I can't remember the last time any of our managers got booed and chanted at in the stadium. There was some unrest building at the end of the Pellegrini era but it didn't really appear in the stands and after the annoucnement everyone was supportive and wished him well. Posts on forums don't count. All forums are full of bollocks.

 

[Pam]

I think our owners want a seamless transition without the upheaval of a completely new manager and a new style of football after Pep, so Maresca is ideal. TBH he wouldn’t be my first choice, but I will give him my support.

So did the Moyes disaster.

 

[johnny crossan]

 

[Rammy Blue]

I got told he was going to Saudi, a few weeks ago. Its second hand info and comes from someone within the close security of the team and manager.
I thought it was absolute nonsense when I first heard it. But after seeing how things have developed since then, I can't really disregard it as flippantly as I did.
I have never before had itk info and I doubt I will ever get any again. But, its a little more believeable after the last few weeks.
It would really not surprise me to see him in Saudi. Get paid lots of money, a new experience for him, less pressure and he takes over a national team in a few years

If that’s true hopefully he can take some of our deadwood over with him at exorbitant fees….

 

[CC1]

I got told he was going to Saudi, a few weeks ago. Its second hand info and comes from someone within the close security of the team and manager.
I thought it was absolute nonsense when I first heard it. But after seeing how things have developed since then, I can't really disregard it as flippantly as I did.
I have never before had itk info and I doubt I will ever get any again. But, its a little more believeable after the last few weeks.
It would really not surprise me to see him in Saudi. Get paid lots of money, a new experience for him, less pressure and he takes over a national team in a few years

Doesn’t need the money & likes a drink & social life. Can’t see him going there & making his daughter suffer their culture

 

[waspish]

if he wasn’t signing a new contract going after next season, which then we will have 12 months of speculation if we lose that the players are not playing for him or other click bait stuff!

So here’s the question would you take that peps last year with all the media bullshit we will get!

Or him going this summer knowing really that it’s a new era next year or this?!

I would have another year because that year with new players will bring more pluses than not..

 

[Coatigan]

if he wasn’t signing a new contract going after next season, which then we will have 12 months of speculation if we lose that the players are not playing for him or other click bait stuff!

So here’s the question would you take that peps last year with all the media bullshit we will get!

Or him going this summer knowing really that it’s a new era next year or this?!

I would have another year because that year with new players will bring more pluses than not..

I'd take it in a heartbeat. Don't even need to think about it.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Actually City's fans are remarkably loyal to managers. I can't remember the last time any of our managers got booed and chanted at in the stadium.

Pearce? The cup game at Blackburn was particularly vicious.

 

[blueparrot]

if he wasn’t signing a new contract going after next season, which then we will have 12 months of speculation if we lose that the players are not playing for him or other click bait stuff!

So here’s the question would you take that peps last year with all the media bullshit we will get!

Or him going this summer knowing really that it’s a new era next year or this?!

I would have another year because that year with new players will bring more pluses than not..

Next year wouldn't be as bad as this year because here wouldn't be any speculation,except on who comes in next maybe. there is too much respect for players not to play for him and just like his final years at Bayern and Barcelona it would probably be a successful year.

 

[Keith Moon]

Good read: https://www.mancity.com/features/enzo-maresca/

 

[supercity88]

Actually City's fans are remarkably loyal to managers. I can't remember the last time any of our managers got booed and chanted at in the stadium. There was some unrest building at the end of the Pellegrini era but it didn't really appear in the stands and after the annoucnement everyone was supportive and wished him well. Posts on forums don't count. All forums are full of bollocks.

Exactly this. We've been through enough and had plenty of truly poor managers to turn on people quickly. I can't remember who we were playing but there was the home game where rumours went round Hughes had been sacked and Mancini was coming in. Even though we had drawn too many, there was a broad feeling of discontent that the club had behaved that way.

There were lengthy threads on here post-Mancini about how he should have stayed. The way he stuck it to the rags and made us a force on and off the pitch had extremely loyal support even after he'd publicly criticised the club in the transfer window. His demise was doing the rounds pre-Wigan Cup Final and made the atmosphere very odd for that game.

Pellegrini's first season was incredible and whilst we tailed off people really respected him for essentially keeping the seat warm for Pep at the end.

I'll get behind Maresca if he comes in. Most Chelsea fans liked him and had the board done what he'd asked they'd be in the CL places in my opinion. Football is similar to our current style, he knows the club. There's so much logic to it.

But...Pep has to stay!

 

[DMA's]

Pep press conference in 7 mins or so. I wonder what he will say today!