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

No idea but I heard on the radio a few weeks ago Argentina want him eventually to be their National Manager. Makes a lot of sense, Pep can return home to Catalunia, monitor the players who are mostly European based, Spanish lingo and obviously fly in and out for International games in two week blocks. Will be ideal for him and not as intense on a weekly basis, just hope and pray he gives us at least another 2 years and hopefully 3, it's football on a different planet compared to most Managers.

International management is way beneath him. It's basically semi-retirement. He seems to love working day-to-day with the players so he will look for a "proper" job when he does move on. I can't see it happening until he's won the Champions League with us so I expect maybe a 12 month extension.
 
No idea but I heard on the radio a few weeks ago Argentina want him eventually to be their National Manager. Makes a lot of sense, Pep can return home to Catalunia, monitor the players who are mostly European based, Spanish lingo and obviously fly in and out for International games in two week blocks. Will be ideal for him and not as intense on a weekly basis, just hope and pray he gives us at least another 2 years and hopefully 3, it's football on a different planet compared to most Managers.

He will be slaughtered by their media if he bases himself in Europe.
 
Really hope he gets this sorted ASAP Would be really difficult going into next season in Arsenal mould. Will he wont stay? Hope when he goes to see the owner ,if that happens at the end of this campaign hope we convince Pep that for at least two seasons after next, his future is CITY NO BRAKE CLAUSES PLEASE
 
If he's extending for a year, great.

If he's not, we need to know as soon as possible. We can't have any uncertainty going into next season.

Hopefully the club will make an announcement immediately after the Southampton game.
 
Yeh i hope he stays for atleast 2 more seasons and we win that cl finally.Can´t even imagine who could replace him ,but we wont probably see that kind of domination ever again lol ,which doesn´t mean we won´t win many titles.
 
I'd be surprised if he's not here a couple more years. We have young players who will only improve and I think he'll want to oversee that. This squad has more to give (frightening!!). I think two more years and then he might feel his message is stale and he'll go.
 
I accept your opinion, I just feel differently. Just because he didn't stop at Barca or Bayern doesn't mean he won't want to stay at City as much as it pains fans of Barca and Bayern. There will always be new challenges at Premier League clubs that managers won't get abroad due to it being so much more competitive than most other leagues; back to back titles, domestic treble, Champions League with our ridiculous scheduling, League and Champs League double etc etc.

One good thing is, when he leaves, whoever comes in will be left with a fantastic squad which other managers haven't managed to do previously for us.

Just saying, these arguments were articulated at Barcelona, Bayern and now City - concur that they all are valid/acceptable opinions but experience has shown Pep is nomadic
 
I think he will only sign 1 year deals and see how he feels each year whether he ends up here 2 years or 5 only time and success or otherwise will determine
 
experience has shown Pep is nomadic
We get it, you post it in nearly every post, but its only your opinion.

He's moved on twice in his managerial career so far, that's hardly "nomadic", his family will be first on his list of important things right now, and what he decides to do will rotate around them, he's not going anywhere soon, as hes' he's opening a restaurant here with Txiki and Ferran this summer.
 
We get it, you post it in nearly every post, but its only your opinion.

He's moved on twice in his managerial career so far, that's hardly "nomadic", his family will be first on his list of important things right now, and what he decides to do will rotate around them, he's not going anywhere soon, as hes' he's opening a restaurant here with Txiki and Ferran this summer.

Has no one has ever opened up a business in a city they neither live nor work in, day to day? Silly argument
 
We get it, you post it in nearly every post, but its only your opinion.

He's moved on twice in his managerial career so far, that's hardly "nomadic", his family will be first on his list of important things right now, and what he decides to do will rotate around them, he's not going anywhere soon, as hes' he's opening a restaurant here with Txiki and Ferran this summer.

An alternative view of the data is that he's moved on from every managerial job he's ever had.

We all hope he stays, but we need clarity, if he's not staying, we need to know as soon as possible, so we can plan for season 2019-20 and beyond.
 
We get it, you post it in nearly every post, but its only your opinion.

He's moved on twice in his managerial career so far, that's hardly "nomadic", his family will be first on his list of important things right now, and what he decides to do will rotate around them, he's not going anywhere soon, as hes' he's opening a restaurant here with Txiki and Ferran this summer.

Has no one has ever opened up a business in a city they neither live nor work in, day to day? Silly argument

There was an article on the BBC news website this week by Guillem Balague - Pep Guardiola: The Man City manager described as football’s Che Guevara.

I don’t know how to post the link but it’s a very good read and gives some insight into Pep’s upbringing and his outlook on life.


If you read the article referred to above, it says Pep left Barca because he felt guilty because he missed something to do with his daughter because of his obsession with football - hence he took a years sabbatical.

IMHO he went to Germany as a step towards his eventual move to the EPL; the Bundesliga are closer to our style of football.

IIRC, someone posted earlier in this thread that they were looking at local colleges for his daughter (Aquinas in Stockport was mentioned); if that is the case, then it is possible he will stay for 2 years to accommodate her A levels - here's hoping!
 
At City he's not involved in any club politics. All he has to do is look after the football side of things
He has a young squad
He's building a football legacy, similar to the one Cruyff built at Barcelona
His family is young and need to settle somewhere for their education
He will want to tear up the Premier League at least two more times to say a big "fuck you, you small minded, little England ****s"
We have some great golf courses
He likes barms and sherbet fountains
 

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