Pep quotes earlier in the week and also previous conversations with Khaldoon:
“With the club, I always talk but not now," he explained. "When it was three, four seasons ago, when there was one year left I should talk with my chairman first. When I talk with my chairman, we decide [whether] to have one more year and we talk everything will [be] decide[d]."
In 2024, the first time Guardiola's future was in serious doubt, the City chairman remained calm about the situation.
With Pep, we've had this conversation many times before over the years of the contract," Al Mubarak explained. "Pep has always been fully committed to this club, fully committed to every contract he's signed with us.
The decision on his future is always a decision we take together, and I have no doubt we will find, as we always have done, the right solution that works for Pep and works for us."
He added: "It's hard to put into words what Pep has given this organisation, this club. You can look at just records for history's sake, and there I think he's racked up almost every record in the book... But also beyond that, I think what his impact has been on football.
Al Mubarak said of Guardiola: "We have trust, and it goes both ways, I think," the chairman said on their working relationship. He trusts us. He trusts me. He trusts the organisation. He trusts the club and we trust him.
"And that trust is what, in the good times, allows you to keep winning and in the tough times that's where that trust really shows up. It [the season] was not easy for him professionally. It was not easy for him personally."
Fully committed to each contract? I can only speculate that is not the case 2026? I wonder what changed and when for pep to decide to leave?
Interesting going back to look at those quotes as it gives you an idea how it’s being dealt with.
Think we find out today or Friday at the latest.
Irreplaceable.