Most top organisations conduct a year long hand over - for due diligence purposes and successful transition. Football is too full of ego's for that type of process (to it's detriment). Hand over periods are designed to ensure core values are passed on doesn't mean the new broom doesn't put their stamp on it. A new CEO wouldn't go into GSK for example and start saying from day one - lets start making cars for example! extreme but we allow new managers in most clubs to just try and replace all back room staff, structure etc within weeks of landing! If Pep extends it should be with a hand over plan as the key part of it.A one year extension doesn’t suit the club in the slightest.
Continued uncertainty until 2026 just feels like kicking the can down the road.
We’ll just have the same questions we had last summer, potentially when the squad needs a rebuild.
I completely understand it’s Pep Guardiola and you want to squeeze every last bit out of him but is it at detriment to the long term planning. I’d argue it is.
Stars are really aligning on other jobs he might be interested, he could still walk imo.
Sorry mate, for the life of me I just cant see Pep leaving City for the England job, licking his arse now aren't they all of a sudden? For years its been Pep can only do it with money. Some absolute plank in the mail writing today that how could they employ him with the 115 charges hanging over the club, another writing that England missed out on him and employed Woy instead. How could he possibly leave City with a legal case hanging over the club that will run into the middle of next year and beyond.I was always under the impression pep would stay mainly because there wasn’t another job out there that would interest him.
With the England job opening I’m starting to think there is a real chance pep does take that job. If I were to try and read the tea leaves with the latest interview, noise from media etc I’d wager that pep is genuinely tempted by England job and is currently undecided.
I think it could be a now or never with the England job for Pep.I was always under the impression pep would stay mainly because there wasn’t another job out there that would interest him.
With the England job opening I’m starting to think there is a real chance pep does take that job. If I were to try and read the tea leaves with the latest interview, noise from media etc I’d wager that pep is genuinely tempted by England job and is currently undecided.
A one year extension doesn’t suit the club in the slightest.
Continued uncertainty until 2026 just feels like kicking the can down the road.
We’ll just have the same questions we had last summer, potentially when the squad needs a rebuild.
I completely understand it’s Pep Guardiola and you want to squeeze every last bit out of him but is it at detriment to the long term planning. I’d argue it is.
Stars are really aligning on other jobs he might be interested, he could still walk imo.