Pep to leave at the end of the season

[Ban-jani]

On the plus side we’ll piss PSR with the money saved on barber fees over the 10+ year period.

No need to order any new hairdryers or combs and now that fitness coach has gone, we can probably flog a few.

 

[GLBlue1995]

To challenge himself to be successful in top competitive league. He’d be the only manager I would be happy with.

Seems like you're likely to be unhappy then.

Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see us land Enrique, but there are a bunch of good reasons beyone anyone's control other than Enrique's that he might not come.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Look at it like this.

• He's done 10 years here, which is more than he spent at Barca and Bayern combined. He is quite possibly the greatest coach in history, definitely in ours, but he wasn't staying for ever.
• He is our 4th longest serving manager after Les McDowall, Wilf Wild and Ernest Mangnall. It wasn't that long ago we had five managers in one season.
• He's delivered success beyond our wildest expectations, with only 2 trophyless seasons in those 10.
• We've been Centurions and done the domestic quadruple, which no other club or their fans have witnessed.
• We've done the proper treble, involving finally winning the Champions League.
• We won 4 league titles in a row.
• We've been to 4 consecutive FA Cup finals, and have been to Wembley so many times that some of us have got quite blasé about it and think "I can't be bothered with another trip there"
• We were club world champions, and could rightfully sing "Best team in the land and all the world.
• We've been involved in some epic title races and won them all, apart (probably) from this one (in a season where we've been under par by our high standards).
• We've seen the most breathtaking football I've seen in over 50 years.

No one can take any of that away from us but who knows what the future, under Maresca and hopefully Vinny, holds. The wagon train will roll on and we should still be very much up there challenging for the major prizes.

There's a line in 'The Boys In Blue' that says "Maybe in another generation, when other lads have come to take our place...". Back in the late 1970's I couldn't imagine anyone talking the place of players like Bell, Tueart, Barnes, Corrigan, Hartford, Booth, etc. I never thought we'd see a generation of players like that. But we've seen legends like Kompany, Lescott, Zaba, Barry, Yaya, Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko, Fernandinho, Rodri, Ederson, the two Silva's, KDB, Walker, Haaland and so many others.

It's just been the most phenomenal experience and we should be eternally thankful for the indelible memories that Pep has given us.

Great stuff mate. The highest point in the club’s history. What a thing to experience.

 

[RayCTID]

To be fair to Pellegrini he did have a decent season at Real Madrid. You could argue similar career path to Maresca. The difference there are a couple more team who can be considered title contenders rather than one or two when Pellers took over.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Who the fuck has leaked this to the gutter press? The disrespect shown is just off the fucking scale. Just before a crunch game tomorrow too.
The club should have controlled the narrative and haven’t.

 

[carlosthejackal]

Gutted but what a ride

 

[phargrave]

They’re all reporting it. Literally everyone.

It’s done mate. We can all cry together.

Rodders next……??/

 

[chaddblue]

They’re all reporting it. Literally everyone.

It’s done mate. We can all cry together.

Apart from the only people who 100% know the truth

 

[Petetheblu]

Give it 12 months:
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Hahaha....He better start smoking Cigars. It'll save our fans a packet.

 

[Vester]

I'm not particularly convinced by Maresca, but the club seems very confident he is the right man for the job.

Swap players like Sanchez, Chalobah, Tosin, Garnacho, Neto, Pedro to top ones like Donnarumma, Guehi, Dias, Doku, Cherki, Haaland and Chelsea would probably have been a serious title contender under him.

Lets hope for the best!

 

[pudge]

Genuine question could you see pellegrini winning a title be4 he came in cos i couldnt

The fella that won 96 points at Madrid in a season? Yeah, you wouldn't have needed a fanciful imagination

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Will we at least get a video of pep telling us himself?

 

[i kne albert davy]

Ten years had to end sometime, just thank God it happened what a ride.

 

[colinthewindowcleaner]

Andy Burnhams put his hat into ring

 

[Didsbury Dave]

To those saying it’s been handled badly.

It’s literally come out the last week of the league. The 2 year contract was at first rumoured to be only 1 with an option for a second. From that moment it seemed it was a way to keep the questions about pep’s future to a minimum.

The club have lined maresca up and got the deal done around Christmas with talks starting before that. Of course the club knew:

There is never a good way of handling these things. See klopp Liverpool. City have already got their replacement. It’s been handled as well as could be

Totally agree. Going on about how it’s handled it just sour grapes.

 

[dickie davies]

Please don't tell me he's a Morrissey fan

Or was on Eggheads

 

[phargrave]

Pathetic timing if true……

 

[Bald fraud]

What a kick in the bollocks going into tomorrow’s night’s game. Timing no coincidence with holt the fucking scum bag

 

[Turner92]

Surely if pep actually rated the current squad he would see out his contract and try to go out winning one of the big two? He clearly doesn’t think this side is capable of doing it

 

[Ban-jani]

Apart from the only people who 100% know the truth

There’s never been a football story in history that breaks like this, where every respected source comes out and says it within the same hour, only for all of them to be wrong.

Jack Gaughan and Ornstein both saying it is enough, then you add the rest.

Dont hurt yourself further. Just accept it.