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

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

And don't forget, baconface turned up to Maine Road for a 5-1 mauling with the most expensive team in world football.

Back when football was football..........

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This is news to plenty people at City today.

Enough mutual respect from both sides not to panic.

 

[BillyShears]

This is news to plenty people at City today.

Enough mutual respect from both sides not to panic.

Cheeseman is a soothsayer. ;)

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Come on guys, we're all Blues, no need to turn on each other and get all Malcolm Tucker. There's enough external hate for us without bringing it in-house! Peace.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

This is news to plenty people at City today.

Enough mutual respect from both sides not to panic.

What's your gut feeling, Tolm?

 

[domalino]

This is news to plenty people at City today.

Enough mutual respect from both sides not to panic.

I can definitely see City's top management and Pep trust each other enough to not rush this, Txiki let Pep get to the end of several 12 month deals before renewing at Barcelona.

If it's not done by the start of the season, though, they have to know it will create a massive circus that will unsettle the players and piss Pep off when he gets 20 questions about his future every press conference because they've been through it all before.

 

[Citizen Green]

I can definitely see City's top management and Pep trust each other enough to not rush this, Txiki let Pep get to the end of several 12 month deals before renewing at Barcelona.

If it's not done by the start of the season, though, they have to know it will create a massive circus that will unsettle the players and piss Pep off when he gets 20 questions about his future every press conference because they've been through it all before.

It's a double edged sword though because if he doesn't intend to renew and informs the press/team the intensity levels will inevitably drop, see Pellegrini 2016.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

What's your gut feeling, Tolm?

Final season. It affords City the protection currently not to be handing him a ridiculously high pay off next year if we are forced to show him the door.

As the people at City say, plenty of mutual respect and trust to see where we are later on in the season.

Pep holds the cards either way.

 

[Shaelumstash]

Any other manager in the world coming off the back of that season and that performance / team selection against Lyon would be in real trouble.

I appreciate Pep has a lot of credit in the bank. There's also a huge bond of trust between Txiki and Pep, so no need to panic.

If he signs a one-year rolling contract, I think that's just about acceptable.

But going in to the season with his contract being up and maybe making a decision in December? That's not acceptable, and wouldn't be afforded to any other manager.

He'd lose all his authority, players wouldn't have the same commitment.

It's not the Pep Guardiola show, it's Manchester City, we're a serious club. If he wants to extend, great, let's rebuild and go again.

But if he doesn't want to extend, the sky isn't going to fall in if we appoint Poch or Nanglesmann this summer. Better to do it now than tread water for a season.

 

[Phil1]

Final season. It affords City the protection currently not to be handing him a ridiculously high pay off next year if we are forced to show him the door.

As the people at City say, plenty of mutual respect and trust to see where we are later on in the season.

Pep holds the cards either way.

I get all that and can understand the sentiment, but leaving the question unanswered will bring more negatives than positives to the club next season. It'll be another media circus show on a weekly basis which we could do without.