The Fat el Hombre said:
Fair play SalfordPaul and I know you'll have posted in good faith but I can't see it myself. not saying it won't happen but I just can't see how it's sewn up for two years time already.
There is possibility, why not?
When it was announced he is going to Bayern, those twats from bayern said they signed him months before. He might be contacted by City in the meantime and since he already signed for Bayern he promised to join City later.
It is a situation with million ifs but I wouldn't be shocked that such stuff is planned some 2 years in front and with Spanish duo at City and plans plans about academy, style of football etc.. it's all that points to Guardiola as potential one.
You never know about reasons he picked Bayern, maybe there are some personal ones or Mancini's contract is one that was problem to appoint him or whatever... so there is definitely possibility that some kind of agreement has been made and he didn't join immediately from whatever reasons that made it hard or impossible.