Pep to leave at the end of the season

Quotes from Mansour and Khaldoon apparently, MEN.


“I said a long time ago that Manchester Cityshould have the very best people at its disposal, both on and off the field," Mansour said. "For 10 years Pep has been the personification of that ambition.

“He has made an indelible imprint on the DNA of the Club. One that is borne more from how he won than from the many trophies he lifted. He has the unending gratitude of myself and the entire City family, a family of which he will always be part.”

The Pep Guardiola Stand, and the statue that will sit outside it, rightly ensure that Pep's legacy will remain forever woven into the fabric of this football club, the city of Manchester and English football," said chairman Al Mubarak.

“The unique relationship that he has with our fans has been earned through the honesty and passion of his ten seasons fighting to bring them success. The Pep Guardiola Stand is a fitting and permanent reminder of that relationship, the most successful period in our club's history, and the unique football genius at its heart.”
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
What a ride!

"St Alwaysbeneathus" 2014 - 2026
100 points season 2017 - 2018
The Domestic Treble 2018-2019 (Quadruple if you count the Charity Shield)
The European Treble 2022-2023
4 in a row 2021 - 2024
Cup Doubles 2018-2019, 2025-2026
Those nights in Porto & Istanbul
- I truly don't think you can fully appreciate the European victory without having suffered a similar loss and that always makes me think of this verse from Kipling
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

You've given us memories that will last an eternity for which I, and many others like me, will be forever grateful, "Thank You" doesn't seem enough.
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Well we certainly had our cake and ate it.

Edit: sorry Yaya
 
Drewmanc said:
So from the greatest manager the worlds ever seen to someone whose proved fuck all in his managerial career, has no style we can expect and has won mickey mouse trophies. Can't wait to be mid table again. Maresca is not a good appointment, ill die on that hill.
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Interesting, but you can't argue with it.

Could be a master stroke or a disaster.

The summer will tell if we struggle to recruit, Pep was a huge draw.
 
There is a Catalan saying - Seny i Rauxa - and Pep is the embodiment of it.

‘Seny i Rauxa’ is the Catalan ‘ying’ and ‘yang’. It is two opposing forces working alongside each other to create something special.

‘Seny’ is the calm, composed, thoughtful, calculated side of the Catalan. While ‘Rauxa’ is the impulsive, wild, crazy, raucous side of the Catalan. When they come together, they complete each other, and great things happen.

This is Pep down to a tee.

In these ten years, everything we’ve seen at City has come from Pep’s cultural Seny i Rauxa. The level of detail that has gone into the planning of everything with the explosive elements that have destroyed teams.

Pep orchastrated the greatest football ever played in this country. Bringing together the calm passing and movement from the likes of David Silva, Bernardo Silva and Gündoğan, keeping our attacks ticking over. To the destructive balls into the corridor of uncertainty from De Bruyne and the thunderbastards in off the bar from outside the box from Kun Agüero. Having Ederson’s threat of being able to play like another outfield player along the back line to being able to ping pin-point balls 60-yards for an assist. Playing games with a man more than the opposition every week, creating time and space for everyone in the opposition half. The finesse of Stones moving up into midfield, to the brute power and leadership of Kompany. Fernandinho and then Rodri bossing games in the middle of the pitch, to Sterling’s movement and ability to get on the end of things up top. Bringing through Foden and making him PL POTS. To having Fabian Delph and Zinchenko playing at left back, tucking into midfield and not looking out of place in teams that got 198 points across two seasons.

100 points, 106 goals, Centurions… domestic quadruple, with 14 wins in a row to win the PL with 98 points… the unbelievable quality of performances by the greatest ever English team… nearly winning a treble in 2021, the heartbreak of losing the CL final (which was needed before going on to eventually win it)… the comeback against Villa in the wildest 5 minutes I’ve ever seen in a football stadium to from from 0-2 to 3-2 to win the PL… the treble, coming from behind to win the PL, beating the Rags to win the FA Cup and the unbelievable Bayern+Madrid wins to get to the CL final and Rodri’s goal to win it in Istanbul… running on empty after all that to set the record of four league titles in a row…

2017-2024 Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, won’t be topped for a very very long time!
 
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Seeing as it was apparently his idea to implement the system that ultimately won us the treble - and our only European success - I think Maresca will leave Pep in peace.
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Funny, it was Gundo that implemented that RB moving into midfield. It's been stated many times that when Gundo was helping the kids team he came up with it. Some City fans have created this nonsense that it was Maresca to make themselves feel better haha
 
ashleycaulcott1 said:
I love Khaldoon he will be another impossible to replace
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Khaldoon is the single most reason for the club being in the position it's in. We could have the best manager and all the money in the world, but if we're a ramshackle off the pitch, it wouldn't work. We see it at other clubs. Khaldoon brings that stability and ties everything together to give us the smooth operation we see before our eyes.
 
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