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

[Chappie]

as much as id love pep to stay , i also dont want to end up in a gpc situation where they can never get out from under him.

The only thing id say is would the NYCFC appeal to his competitive nature, they have tried this time and time again with getting big names in to try and get football to take hold in the usa and it just doesnt work, messi is selling tickets but its kind of a freakshow situation rather than football taking any kind of hold, the plain and simple fact is in the us football will always be a poor relation to nfl and nba and even to mlb and whatever they do will not change that.

We won't have that problem as Pep won't be sat in the stand every match.

 

[CC1]

I'm not as confident at this point. The executives at NYCFC are pretty bullish about their chances of taking him there.

And I think Txiki just wants to retire back to Barcelona when his mate leaves.

Thing is, Pep calls the shots and City bend accordingly. He might consider he doesn't want to make a rod for his own back after reaching the top of the mountain.

I also think it is dangerous for any Club to be wedded to one person. The assumption is City will drop off after Pep, but I'm not so sure?

Real Madrid continue to win, regardless of who manages the team. Our structure is incredible.

My thoughts exactly. Pep is a God but he admits he’s not infallible & we‘re not the only successful team in Europe. Any ambitious manager would love to manage at our club

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Exactly how i read it. This whole club is built from top to bottom. There may be short transitiionary phases or managers who fail but it will be sorted accodingly. We will not do a Man United. A fish rots from the head down.

You know what, mate?

We will never see this period of domination again in England, certainly not in my lifetime.

Khaldoon and people, plan for the next 30 years, not the next five.

I'm quite comfortable if it's one Prem title every three or four years or so.

As Pep says, it's never about the winning, it's always about being there, competing at the business end.

A lot of people forget that is what truly makes you great.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Yes. To stay at Leverkusen.

My feeling is he's eyeing up the Real Madrid Job, if not City. Ancelotti's contract is up in two years, Pep in one.

If he has another good couple of years at Leverkusen he will walk straight into the Real Madrid job. Maybe even in a year if Ancelotti goes a year early. Then there's also the possibility of City in a year if Pep doesn't renew.

He knows it would be stupid to jump the gun and take the dippers job when there might be two way better offers in the next year or two.

I'm sure he does want to see what he can do at Leverkusen next season, but I'm not so sure he would stay there if the Real Madrid or City job was available this summer.

 

[CC1]

Who replaces txiki?
That's going to be another issue that we have to deal with.

Well according to folk on here - he couldn’t sign a good player if he tried!!!
On a serious note - he will be a loss but there are many others who would love to replace him. We are MANCHESTER CITY not PEP CITY (but they will be both be hugely missed & NEVER forgotten)

 

[CC1]

Yeh hopefully I'm completely wrong and it isn't, just going off what a few people have mentioned to me previously. There were rumours he was moving anyway into a new development on John Dalton St so could just be that

In any case - Pep isn’t leaving this season. He’s already confirmed he will see out his contract

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Yes. To stay at Leverkusen.

Yep, only this. He turned City and Pep down previously to replace Arteta and stay at Sociedad.

Clearly a man with principles and loyalty.

For me, Alonso would be the wrong choice. He would be linked with Real every summer he was in England.

He has Madrid written all over him after Ancelotti.

I'd like Ancelotti next summer, personally. A class act.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Many fans feel same way - its not just due to Pep - its the fact we have won it all. If you like sausage sandwiches you dont like the 4th one as much as the first.

Bacon can be nice, too!

 

[PPT]

Watching Nasal lose at the French Open should remind everyone that legends lose their juice at some point.

Pep just needs to lie in the shade for at least a year after his time is done with City.

I'm fried after these nine years, so goodness knows how Pep must feel being in charge of it all!!

I actually think the time is nearing where the fanbase needs a reset? I've smelt it even from myself.

Left right on the whistle at Wembley, didn't go to the parade...

I appreciate Pep and the team so much, but I'm starting to crave chicken rather than guaranteed steak every night :(

I want to keep winning everything but maybe in a different way and style, have more risk to our play?

I came away from Wembley and three hours later I was home and over it.

Losing to United in a Cup Final and over it? That's not me, it should never be me.

Top Post.
All things have a life cycle and this one does feel like it's coming to an end.
All things must change, and it's time now to go again in a different way,
with different people. We will never win as many trophies again, in the
same period, that is for sure and Pep is a true and genuine legend on every
single level. But I and I'm sure others, feel very similar to you.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Who replaces txiki?
That's going to be another issue that we have to deal with.

Dan Ashworth’s gardening leave might be up by then…