Blackburn doesn’t seem like a bandwagon type of journo so obviously something in it. He and Jack are the most well-trusted sources we’ve had over the past few years.
What a dampener.
As others have said, though, Pep is impulsive and relies on the ‘feel’ of things. If the players are showing fight and will to continue the cycle etc. The noise around Christmas/New Year will be a bigger sign of what’s to happen as opposed to 1 day after the season has finished.
In my humble, glass-half-full opinion anyway.
Pep was openly questioning how he’d find the motivation for next season, after the treble and CL win and 4 in a row.
Next season being his last dance is exactly what he was looking for.
Doesn’t mean he won’t get to next January and decide he’s not ready to stop dancing yet.