Pep's contract situation

[Octavian]

If Pep wasn’t to sign and if we were to win the champions league (lot of ifs there I know) do you think the natural cycle would have run it’s course and Ferran and Txixi leave too?

I fully expect Pep to sign by the way, I have a horrible feeling though that the 3 will leave together when they do leave which isn’t ideal.

Why would Soriano or Txiki leave?

They’ve got the perfect club for their vision.

 

[chesterbells]

Pure guesswork but I reckon he might think, I’ll do 10 years and that will be that.

 

[RACHACE]

Just thinking tonight…. I don’t think he will stay.

This summer Gundogans contract is up and Bernardo is likely to leave. Probably his 2 favourite people. KDB is probably going to start declining slowly next season due to age and body type.

So if we want to admit it or not, we are gonna need a midfield overhaul and these aren’t the type of players you can replace easily.

A lot of the attention is now placed on Haaland and not the team ethic it has been for the last years with us having no ‘star’ above the others. Not for a second saying he doesn’t love Erling but I think Pep gets his coaching kicks in other ways.

He’s done his work with Foden and I’m not sure he gets much satisfaction working with a 27 year old Grealish who he probably can’t improve.

So the question is, has he got the energy to go again for 3 years or so and does he have the motivation to build a new midfield. I don’t think he does. He’s been here ages, built 2/3 amazing teams so he probably wants to enjoy life for a bit.

70/30 he goes is my feeling tonight.

Hopefully Gundo gets another year or two extension offered and we look to bring in Jude Bellingham.

I think he'll be motivated to reshape our midfield over the next few seasons and potentially turn Bellingham and Foden into the English Xavi and Iniesta, with Rodri playing the Busquets role.

However, the main reason I think another 3 year contract is likely to be sorted is that he's nowhere near ready to call it a day with football management and he's at the best possible place he could be in that regard.

 

[lonestay]

If Pep wasn’t to sign and if we were to win the champions league (lot of ifs there I know) do you think the natural cycle would have run it’s course and Ferran and Txixi leave too?

I fully expect Pep to sign by the way, I have a horrible feeling though that the 3 will leave together when they do leave which isn’t ideal.

So where would the 3 of them go that's better than the project they have ?

 

[adr2.8i]

Pure guesswork but I reckon he might think, I’ll do 10 years and that will be that.

Yeah I'm thinking along these lines too. May as well round off his stay to 10 years, if I was Pep, I'd be thinking that :-)

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Why would Soriano or Txiki leave?

They’ve got the perfect club for their vision.

Yeah, I don't see it either. They all clearly like and rate Pep, but the City Group project is much bigger than him. They're still investing in teams, operating the academy, no dramas or politics. I imagine they'll be here till they retire and have a decent plan for the handover.

 

[domalino]

There is nowhere like here for pep to go to?

I think he'd go to Milan.

 

[KingGeorge]

I think he'd go to Milan.

Maybe to Model some jeans. I don’t think he would go there to coach. The Italian clubs don’t have the same level of funds.

 

[richards30]

I think he'd go to Milan.

For the historic side maybe but the league wouldn’t challenge him mate

 

[Saddleworth2]

i see your a glass half empty kind of guy

What do you expect when you get wrapped in bloody huge chains by your mates, shot a few times and thrown off a boat into the ocean. Hardly makes for optimism.