Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

Coatigan said:
I think he decided to stay, because he wanted to stay. And it is very admirable.

I don't think there has been any contact or 'groundwork', or if there was that it affected his decision. That doesn't mean I think it may not happen in the future, just that I think his reason for staying was simple and fairly pure. He will know options will be there for him, whether it is us, Real, or Bayern/Liverpool.
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The like for the sentence I've highlighted. I agree 100%.

The man sees unfinished business, sees an ongoing project, and wants to see further progress. It would be easy quiting now, the challenge is exactly to continue building, watch how the whole environment, himself, his players, the club etc, respond to a situtaion Levercusen have never experienced before. Defending their first ever title, combined with a succesful as possible campaign in the CL. The responsibility is huge (always is following a highly succesful season), and the man, as a leader, assumes it. Sending a clear message to the club, his players, players who will consider joining them, the fans...

He's not an opportunist to immediately capitalise on a historic achievement, his ambition can indeed be fulfilled by staying at Levercusen, stabilising their position and working for their further development. As I said, the challenge next season is even bigger, and Alonso accepts it. Good luck!

Nobodies and pricks driven by vanity will never understand this. That clown Keys went public claiming that Alonso lacks the guts to join a "big" club, it was a now or never opportunity according to him. He actually spoke those disgraceful words, instead of praising the man. I am sure he admires people like Lampard and Gerrard, for example, who did not hesitate in the first given similar opportunity, only to be exposed very quickly...

I hope Alonso's tenure at Levercusen will be associated with a dramatic influence on their status, transforming them into a "big" club (such as the ones people like Keys admire), shutting assholes like that clown for good...
 
Nelinho said:
The like for the sentence I've highlighted. I agree 100%.

The man sees unfinished business, sees an ongoing project, and wants to see further progress. It would be easy quiting now, the challenge is exactly to continue building, watch how the whole environment, himself, his players, the club etc, respond to a situtaion Levercusen have never experienced before. Defending their first ever title, combined with a succesful as possible campaign in the CL. The responsibility is huge (always is following a highly succesful season), and the man, as a leader, assumes it. Sending a clear message to the club, his players, players who will consider joining them, the fans...

He's not an opportunist to immediately capitalise on a historic achievement, his ambition can indeed be fulfilled by staying at Levercusen, stabilising their position and working for their further development. As I said, the challenge next season is even bigger, and Alonso accepts it. Good luck!

Nobodies and pricks driven by vanity will never understand this. That clown Keys went public claiming that Alonso lacks the guts to join a "big" club, it was a now or never opportunity according to him. He actually spoke those disgraceful words, instead of praising the man. I am sure he admires people like Lampard and Gerrard, for example, who did not hesitate in the first given similar opportunity, only to be exposed very quickly...

I hope Alonso's tenure at Levercusen will be associated with a dramatic influence on their status, transforming them into a "big" club (such as the ones people like Keys admire), shutting assholes like that clown for good...
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Agree with every bit of that. Whether that at any point in the future has anything to do with us, who knows. We have at least a year of Pep, that much he has always been clear on. Maybe more, maybe not, we'll know in circa 6 months. The who is who of candidates will only matter once the club know he's actually leaving, so to me it doesn't matter one bit just now. I'm only here for the reading into what he himself says, that's all.
 
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Coatigan said:
Agree with every bit of that. Whether that at any point in the future has anything to do with us, who knows. We have at least a year of Pep, that much he has always been clear on. Maybe more, maybe not, we'll know in circa 6 months. The who is who of candidates will only matter once the club know he's actually leaving, so to me it doesn't matter one bit juat now. I'm only here for the reasing into what he himself says, that's all.
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I'm not resigning to Pep leaving, my friend, not for a moment. Decision makers have a job to do. This is a once in a lifetime opporunity, I was clear on that in my first ever post in here, 8 years ago, before the man had achieved anything yet. I don't give a fuck how they'll do it, make him sign a new contact!
 
Nelinho said:
I'm not resigning to Pep leaving, my friend, not for a moment. Decision makers have a job to do. This is a once in a lifetime opporunity, I was clear on that in my first ever post in here, 8 years ago, before the man had achieved anything yet. I don't give a fuck how they'll do it, make him sign a new contact!
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Yeah I guess it wasn't aimed that much at you.

People guessing that Alonso stayed a year because there is a plan in place and the club know Pep's off etc, or De Zerbi quit because he knows something, etc etc, are off imo.

I don't think either Pep or the club are planning beyound the next 6 months. There will be a whole background of possibilities or potential candidates thought about, sure. But anything meaningful will only come once they decide the next steps together.

We have been in that position a few times already, both the club and Pep were and are clearly comfortable with it, and it will keep working, till it works out a different way. I am so so calm about it.
 
I wish he'd stay for years.
He's been perfect for us but never forget, we've also been perfect for him.
He won't get that at any other club or national side in world football.
After Pep we won't dominate like we have but neither, do i think, will Pep
 
McfcBibby said:
I do wonder if we’re doing some groundwork on Xabi Alonso and that’s why he decided to stay at Leverkusen.
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I think this too. He’s good mates with pep. I’m sure pep will have told him how well he’s looked after here. And be telling alonso there’s only one place to go when he leaves Germany
 
:-(

“Last year, after Istanbul, I said ‘it’s over, there’s nothing left’,” he said.

“But I have a contract and I start to think ‘no-one has done four in a row, why don't we try?’. And now I feel it’s done, so what next?

“Now I don't know what exactly the motivation is because it's difficult to find it when everything is done.”

Asked on Sky Sports about his future, Guardiola said: “The reality is I am closer to leaving than staying. We have talked with the club - my feeling is that I want to stay now. I will stay next season and during the season we will talk. But eight or nine years - we will see.”

www.bbc.co.uk

Man City win Premier League title: Guardiola's casts doubt on new deal

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola raises the prospect he will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of next season.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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