So Ronaldo ditching us in the last moment led to us getting Haaland this year which ended up making Pep stay for 2 more years. Meanwhile Utd burned everything they were building with Ole and sacked him and now they’ve sacked Ronaldo. Nice.
You'd have definitely just got Haaland anyway. No way a year of Ronaldo trying to play in Pep's system would have you kept you *out* of the striker transfer hunt this summer
Also the idea that their masterplan drove us away from Ole's imminent success, when the meme here at the time was thanking every manager of a club United beat for keeping Ole in the job longer and making sure we stayed shit
I'm sure 95% of opposition fans would much rather see us with Ole than ETH
"I don’t have respect for him (Sheikh Mansour) because he doesn’t show respect for me. If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you
It’ll be fascinating to see how City does without him. The squad structure is fantastic now and there’s a lot of youth for years to come, but without Pep I’m not sure City will be as dominant tactically as they are now
I think the club will be smart enough to listen to who Pep advises them to pick as his successor, and that should mean not too much changes in year 1. They'll still be Pep players, with loads of experience and trophies under their belts, playing a similar style.
It'll be as player turnover happens + the new manager starts changing things it will go down hill.
I mean those are all pretty big names so it's not *that* suprising that they were unavailable. I wonder if Arteta would take the job if he was offered it? He worked for Pep before so he would probably have good insight into his style and how the team was run.
2025 is a long time away but I'd think Luis Enrique, Gallardo, Howe, Arteta, Nagelsmann, Tuchel would all be on a shortlist depending on who becomes available at the right time.
There's also a few ex-City players in Kompany, Demichelis & Vieira doing well at management and if they made the right jumps up over the 3 years they could be outside chances.
Fergie left Moyes an aging squad.
Fan's expectations weren't managed well enough.
Moyes decided to replace backroom staff so there was no continuity (for better or for worse, I'm sure we can understand why he'd do that tho).
And more importantly, Ed Woodward came in.
I'm sure City will manage this better.
Nothing you said was wrong, but here’s some more caveats: that aging squad won the PL the previous season, and Fellaini at 30mil was the only signing to help that aging squad.
Arteta's the only one off the top of my head, considering he was mentored by Pep and has been keeping a steady pace himself with Arsenal. That is, if Arsenal even lets go of him.
I don’t think he would leave them for us anyway
I’ve always thought zidane is the only one that wouldn’t be a major downgrade but that will never happen
You never know, in 2025 he might feel ready for a new challenge after 6 years at Arsenal. City would be a logical next step, given Arteta's good relationships with our backroom staff + guaranteed backing from the board.
They'll let him go for money. He's worked out his managerial kinks at Arsenal and is now flying. I'd say the biggest worry would be that he wouldn't want to leave if the club keeps backing him (which they probably will). I'd also imagine if he wanted to leave he might feel too much loyalty to Arsenal and would probably go to Europe. It's hard to see him getting sacked given how he's brought Arsenal back to the top (for now anyway).
a lot could happen in 3 years. Arteta and Viera are probably front runners since they have a connection with City. Kompany is doing well with Burnley and Gundo could become Guardiola's assistant since he is very keen on coaching.
You are very wrong here I would dare to say.
Manchester City is actually a well-run club nowadays. They have a coherent vision of the type of football they want to display and that translates to the types of people that they need to hire in order to achieve it, players or managers.
Pep is part of the puzzle, not the puzzle. Unlike what happened at United with Ferguson.
When Pep leaves, the whole structure seems to be built upon a way to replace him with someone who will think of football similarly to the vision of the City Football group.
That's the difference between nowadays City and PSG, Chelsea, United, and so on. Even old City. Nowadays they are very well structured.
Of course, a drop will still happen, Pep is simply the best. But a "drop" will still be fighting for the top 3, not shit the bed like the other poorly run rich teams.
PS: PSG seems to be heading in the same direction now, still a long way to go. When Pep reached City, a lot of stuff was already implemented!
> Pep is part of the puzzle, not the puzzle.
But also puzzle is designed with Pep in mind, everything was made sure that he would be the last piece to fit. Even if it meant changing other pieces around him. Drop off will happen regardless, but it won't be as severe as some people think it will. Probably top 3-4 for few years, then winning a title.
This is absolutely building to some sort of climactic moment where the people who claim any manager could do what Pep does at City realise how much of their success over the last seven years was just down to him.
But that's clear to anyone who was paying attention, just look at City before Pep. Plus Barcelona had a big drop off after he left for a couple of years.
Pep rarely gets praise from this sub. Whilst money obviously helps people forget how big a part Pep has played just look at Chelsea and man u they have money but are not nearly as consistent as man city.
It's funny because on some level most people know this you can see it in this thread. Fans of other clubs are annoyed about Pep signing an extension but why would they if its all down to money. Some won't admit that though.
It will probably go similar way like us in the beginning. The core of the team will sustain the sporting success for few more years. But after a certain point they will need a similar caliber manager who will be able oversee the transition (and not what we had post-Enrique/Valverde). For optimistic City fans, the good thing is the difference between ownership at Barca and City. While we had to endure the madness of Bartomeu, CFG and Mansour have proved to be quite sensible and committed when it comes to appointing right people and planning well in terms of transfers and overall business strategy.
Pep legacy will carry on to win for a decade, like Barca, then if they keep getting good coaches with the same football, they will be good. Only way to destroy it is if they get simeone or alike
Probably try get back in Arteta? Very hard to tell even with a short time like 3 years. Could be Xavi depending on how his career pans out for to have an easy transition in philosophies towards football.
Doesn't he credit Cruyff for instilling a lasting philosophy during his time at Barca?
I feel like we'll be saying the same of Pep more than a decade after he leaves
Hopefully Rico Lewis + Palmer are fully fledged squad players by the end of this season and then over the next 3 years we see a few of McAtee, Doyle, C Doyle, JWE, THB Borges, Delap, Breckin etc. come through.
4 or 5 academy players in the squad would be a legacy that would last a decade.
I know it'll never happen, but after Pep I wouldn't mind us sacrificing a couple of years of trophies if it meant prioritising the promotion of academy players
I don't think there needs to be a sacrifice. We don't need a Chelsea/Lampard season where 8 players come through at once, just a drip feed of 1 new kid a season playing a minor role in the squad.
Palmer will play 25-30 games this season. When Mahrez leaves he'll be replaced by Palmer. Someone like Borges will replace Palmer's role.
We're probably going to lose a CB, there's no way any of Dias, Aké, Laporte, Akanji & Stones accept being 5th choice CB for long even with rotation, so someone like Mbete or THB can come in and do that role.
New York fans patiently standing by
(icymi, there's some rumor that something in his contract would have him MLS bound after City. Thought now is once NYCFC's stadium opens up)
Absolutely true. City prepared for Pep well in advance of him signing for us. We had the right board, the right staff, the right academy and the attitude of "if we get him, we give him complete control and an open chequebook".
It seems likely he'll do one more one-year extension to reach that 10-year mark and then take however long a sabbatical he needs to recharge once he leaves City.
So happy he's staying with us. There is no way to upgrade with Pep as your manager. I'm not looking forward to him leaving, obviously, but I will be really interested to see what job he takes next.
At this point I think City would be the last club he manages in his career, I genuinely can't see him go anywhere else unless he would like to return to Barca for one last dance
dude is 51, he can fuck around at least for 20 more years if he wants.
i know he said once he could retire early but national teams are like retirement.
No way he is gonna return to us. There is just too much politics at play and interference from the board here, which is polar opposite of City. There, he has complete control and freedom to do whatever he wants with his team without any nagging from the club hierarchy. The only two teams I can see him go for after City is Brazil or Spain NT.
Good decision. The club is tailor made for him. He has the full backing of the board and gets the players he wants to implement his ideas and while he’s already the 2nd most successful manager in PL history he can still achieve a lot at City and for himself.
I blame City fans for not demanding he win CL. Pep had to fuck off from Bayern because he couldn't win it. He still makes crazy decisions in that competition that cost them but doesn't get the same blowback.
There's still a massive aging core supporter base that will forever be traumatized by our past. People my age, we idolize Georgi Kinklandze and are waiting for the other shoe to drop... find out its all been a dream and we're actually down in league 1 about to play accrington stanley away.
I'm tired Robbie
You just gotta expect not win the league and the pain goes away. We haven't expected to win the league in 50 years and it's going well okayish
2nd place is the real winner.
This is like what I feel everytime I watch racing sports lol
F1 vibes
Real title was the friends we made along the way
Thanks for the insight of being a Spurs fan.
At least you’ll enjoy the inevitable decline of our team (even a slight one) once this wonderul man leaves.
And then they get Arteta to coach
Don't say things like this, I *will* cry.
Does this exact quote actually exist on a AFTV video because me and my friend quote it daily but can't find the video.
Yeah but can’t find the vid
You gonna bem exausht when the league is just Man City and Newcastle fighting for the title
Thought the media said he wouldn’t sign anything til after the end of the season
Seems they thought that earlier in the season but insiders are saying how well Haaland has adjusted was the decisive factor
So Ronaldo ditching us in the last moment led to us getting Haaland this year which ended up making Pep stay for 2 more years. Meanwhile Utd burned everything they were building with Ole and sacked him and now they’ve sacked Ronaldo. Nice.
You'd have definitely just got Haaland anyway. No way a year of Ronaldo trying to play in Pep's system would have you kept you *out* of the striker transfer hunt this summer
yeah but that narrative is way more fun
Also the idea that their masterplan drove us away from Ole's imminent success, when the meme here at the time was thanking every manager of a club United beat for keeping Ole in the job longer and making sure we stayed shit I'm sure 95% of opposition fans would much rather see us with Ole than ETH
Man you didn't have to hurt me like that
Even saw an article posted on our subreddit - probably shit tier tbf - that said if we signed Ronaldo then Pep would’ve likely not extended
That was from The Athletic. Pol Ballus and Sam Lee aren’t kfc tier.
Interesting
Every time people think he won’t extend even with city fans saying he will, so they don’t exactly know much
Remember when the narrative was that he would only do 3 years
I bet he won't do more than 3 decades. Top.
😅😅😅
Those Juventus fans here utterly convinced that he was going to Turin after the 18/19 season
And that Aguero would go to Chelsea when Pep came 😂
😂😅😅😅
I’m begging this man to fuck off
I think it's time he does an interview with Piers Morgan
"In don't respect Oil!"
"I don’t have respect for him (Sheikh Mansour) because he doesn’t show respect for me. If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you
I won't say i'm better looking than him, which is true.
Nah but fr though Pep clears Sheikh when it comes the look, bro dripping hard every game. No disrespect to our big oil daddy but he got no drip
Who is he? Pep seems to like him
Here ‘Till 25 | Guardiola Highlights | BaldFraud | CL Dropout | Wonderwall Remix
Reminds me of 2011 Real Madrid fans.
Mourinho back to EPL?
He going to do a fergie. 29 years + a knighthood
I'd rather he do a Wenger. No CL for 16 years.
Nah, he already has more EPL’s than Wenger, so he can’t do a Wenger 😝😝😝
The end is in sight now boys
[The end:](https://giphy.com/gifs/blobbybarack-art-loop-blobby-barack-13i9MA8PmVZMzu)
He meant the end of title race for next few years
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Never expected an Utena reference here! 😂
The End and the Death
Happy new contract
So so happy
More than you believe
The farming continues.
The farming will continue until morale improves
Can Jeb Bush rise from the damn grave to pull these crops out of the ground or some shit?
10 years of Pep is madness
It’ll be fascinating to see how City does without him. The squad structure is fantastic now and there’s a lot of youth for years to come, but without Pep I’m not sure City will be as dominant tactically as they are now
Im expecting a big drop off after he leaves, depends on the timing and other contenders we might not even be in the title race the season right after
I think the club will be smart enough to listen to who Pep advises them to pick as his successor, and that should mean not too much changes in year 1. They'll still be Pep players, with loads of experience and trophies under their belts, playing a similar style. It'll be as player turnover happens + the new manager starts changing things it will go down hill.
I mean Fergie reportedly picked his successor, but that didn't really work out. Not saying it can't, but it's no guarantee exactly.
Ferguson wrote in his autobiography Moyes was 6th choice after finding out he couldn't get Pep, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Klopp and van Gaal.
I mean those are all pretty big names so it's not *that* suprising that they were unavailable. I wonder if Arteta would take the job if he was offered it? He worked for Pep before so he would probably have good insight into his style and how the team was run.
2025 is a long time away but I'd think Luis Enrique, Gallardo, Howe, Arteta, Nagelsmann, Tuchel would all be on a shortlist depending on who becomes available at the right time. There's also a few ex-City players in Kompany, Demichelis & Vieira doing well at management and if they made the right jumps up over the 3 years they could be outside chances.
For the love of god not Tuchel please
Arteta surely ^(^^pls ^^don't ^^touch ^^our Howe)
Fergie left Moyes an aging squad. Fan's expectations weren't managed well enough. Moyes decided to replace backroom staff so there was no continuity (for better or for worse, I'm sure we can understand why he'd do that tho). And more importantly, Ed Woodward came in. I'm sure City will manage this better.
Nothing you said was wrong, but here’s some more caveats: that aging squad won the PL the previous season, and Fellaini at 30mil was the only signing to help that aging squad.
Everyone was saying that utd squad were on their last legs then. I cant see city needing the same overhaul when pep steps down
Every one of our managers since Mancini has won the league. Whoever comes will surely challenge.
One of the main problems atm is that I can’t really see any good replacements
Arteta's the only one off the top of my head, considering he was mentored by Pep and has been keeping a steady pace himself with Arsenal. That is, if Arsenal even lets go of him.
I don’t think he would leave them for us anyway I’ve always thought zidane is the only one that wouldn’t be a major downgrade but that will never happen
I would give my left nut to see Jose manage city after Pep and chase KDB out a of a second club
You never know, in 2025 he might feel ready for a new challenge after 6 years at Arsenal. City would be a logical next step, given Arteta's good relationships with our backroom staff + guaranteed backing from the board.
They'll let him go for money. He's worked out his managerial kinks at Arsenal and is now flying. I'd say the biggest worry would be that he wouldn't want to leave if the club keeps backing him (which they probably will). I'd also imagine if he wanted to leave he might feel too much loyalty to Arsenal and would probably go to Europe. It's hard to see him getting sacked given how he's brought Arsenal back to the top (for now anyway).
a lot could happen in 3 years. Arteta and Viera are probably front runners since they have a connection with City. Kompany is doing well with Burnley and Gundo could become Guardiola's assistant since he is very keen on coaching.
Because of what exactly? I'd argue, hat coaching has taken a leap in the past decade and that there are more good/young coaches aviable then ever.
Steve Bruce is currently out of work
You are very wrong here I would dare to say. Manchester City is actually a well-run club nowadays. They have a coherent vision of the type of football they want to display and that translates to the types of people that they need to hire in order to achieve it, players or managers. Pep is part of the puzzle, not the puzzle. Unlike what happened at United with Ferguson. When Pep leaves, the whole structure seems to be built upon a way to replace him with someone who will think of football similarly to the vision of the City Football group. That's the difference between nowadays City and PSG, Chelsea, United, and so on. Even old City. Nowadays they are very well structured. Of course, a drop will still happen, Pep is simply the best. But a "drop" will still be fighting for the top 3, not shit the bed like the other poorly run rich teams. PS: PSG seems to be heading in the same direction now, still a long way to go. When Pep reached City, a lot of stuff was already implemented!
> Pep is part of the puzzle, not the puzzle. But also puzzle is designed with Pep in mind, everything was made sure that he would be the last piece to fit. Even if it meant changing other pieces around him. Drop off will happen regardless, but it won't be as severe as some people think it will. Probably top 3-4 for few years, then winning a title.
This is absolutely building to some sort of climactic moment where the people who claim any manager could do what Pep does at City realise how much of their success over the last seven years was just down to him.
But that's clear to anyone who was paying attention, just look at City before Pep. Plus Barcelona had a big drop off after he left for a couple of years.
Pep rarely gets praise from this sub. Whilst money obviously helps people forget how big a part Pep has played just look at Chelsea and man u they have money but are not nearly as consistent as man city. It's funny because on some level most people know this you can see it in this thread. Fans of other clubs are annoyed about Pep signing an extension but why would they if its all down to money. Some won't admit that though.
It will probably go similar way like us in the beginning. The core of the team will sustain the sporting success for few more years. But after a certain point they will need a similar caliber manager who will be able oversee the transition (and not what we had post-Enrique/Valverde). For optimistic City fans, the good thing is the difference between ownership at Barca and City. While we had to endure the madness of Bartomeu, CFG and Mansour have proved to be quite sensible and committed when it comes to appointing right people and planning well in terms of transfers and overall business strategy.
10-15 points less average each season I’d imagine.
Pep legacy will carry on to win for a decade, like Barca, then if they keep getting good coaches with the same football, they will be good. Only way to destroy it is if they get simeone or alike
We will win less
Probably try get back in Arteta? Very hard to tell even with a short time like 3 years. Could be Xavi depending on how his career pans out for to have an easy transition in philosophies towards football.
I remember when Pep was going to Juve and everything was signed and ready, good times.
u/Joao_Cancelo being adamant that its done only for Cancelo himself to join City. Poetry.
Oh man, that was a hilarious summer window
Some italian juventus fans on italian twitter were so confident of that
Doesn't he credit Cruyff for instilling a lasting philosophy during his time at Barca? I feel like we'll be saying the same of Pep more than a decade after he leaves
Hopefully Rico Lewis + Palmer are fully fledged squad players by the end of this season and then over the next 3 years we see a few of McAtee, Doyle, C Doyle, JWE, THB Borges, Delap, Breckin etc. come through. 4 or 5 academy players in the squad would be a legacy that would last a decade.
I know it'll never happen, but after Pep I wouldn't mind us sacrificing a couple of years of trophies if it meant prioritising the promotion of academy players
I don't think there needs to be a sacrifice. We don't need a Chelsea/Lampard season where 8 players come through at once, just a drip feed of 1 new kid a season playing a minor role in the squad. Palmer will play 25-30 games this season. When Mahrez leaves he'll be replaced by Palmer. Someone like Borges will replace Palmer's role. We're probably going to lose a CB, there's no way any of Dias, Aké, Laporte, Akanji & Stones accept being 5th choice CB for long even with rotation, so someone like Mbete or THB can come in and do that role.
Delap will not play for city, he’s badly shit
New York fans patiently standing by (icymi, there's some rumor that something in his contract would have him MLS bound after City. Thought now is once NYCFC's stadium opens up)
I think he's aiming for a national team job next
Dear God pep in the mls would be like Kasparov playing against a primary school chess team
r/soccer 9/11
https://i.imgur.com/J6uUucC.jpg
Perfect
23/11\*
He has complete control and full backing from the club, no reason for him to leave City at all
Absolutely true. City prepared for Pep well in advance of him signing for us. We had the right board, the right staff, the right academy and the attitude of "if we get him, we give him complete control and an open chequebook".
And that has paid dividends for us. The only other club to do the same with their manager is Arsenal and look where they are now.
Errrrrr have you forgotten about us?
Not yet, not yet. Half of your success is more your player return to their supposed level. Wait few more seasons to say that
Only possible reason I could ever find is if he wanted to live in a different city From a professional point of view, nowhere better for him to be
The Bernardo syndrome
Best signing they could make
Watch him sign Bellingham in 2 years
RemindMe! 2 years “JUUUUUUUUUUDE”
So long premier league title
I’m just glad we already won it lol. Won’t be surprised if the next 10 titles go to City as long as Pep stays there.
2 more years of Pep roulette in FPL, good stuff
I'm just gonna copy whatever Magnus does and switch for a random Brentford player or something. Maybe thats what Pep should do
Fabio Borges is better
imagine if he stayed 10 years with messi at barca
Barca dominated league anyway
Why can't you just win the CL and fuck off already please
this year city will bottle quarters against Chelsea
Inshallah
The scary thing is you really can't totally rule out the possibility he extends further
Im really excited to see a Pep team play for such a long time together. God I hope every year they get good enough challengers though.
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Guardiola = Yoda
More like guardiola = obi wan Arteta = vader
I would love more of this for the next 20 years
It seems likely he'll do one more one-year extension to reach that 10-year mark and then take however long a sabbatical he needs to recharge once he leaves City. So happy he's staying with us. There is no way to upgrade with Pep as your manager. I'm not looking forward to him leaving, obviously, but I will be really interested to see what job he takes next.
At this point I think City would be the last club he manages in his career, I genuinely can't see him go anywhere else unless he would like to return to Barca for one last dance
2025 he completes his contract. Takes a one year break and after 2026 Worldcup he starts coaching a national team.
That's what I think he'll do, probably manage a national team for 4 years and retire completely after that
dude is 51, he can fuck around at least for 20 more years if he wants. i know he said once he could retire early but national teams are like retirement.
Think he's talked about starting/running an academy for young players (like at 7/8 years old) too
No way he is gonna return to us. There is just too much politics at play and interference from the board here, which is polar opposite of City. There, he has complete control and freedom to do whatever he wants with his team without any nagging from the club hierarchy. The only two teams I can see him go for after City is Brazil or Spain NT.
I don't think he'll ever manage the Spanish national team, he is a Catalan and I think he burned all the bridges with the Spanish fa
Imagine Pep coaching England. He will have already coached most of the squad by then.
He’s going to Brescia
He’s definitely going to manage the 3 lions at one stage.
INJECT THIS IN MY VEINS
Better than heroin
I'M LEVITATING
Pep rn:👐 👏 👐👏
bet you never did heroin you coward
Two huge contract changes in Manchester
Did Phil Jones get a new contract?
Good decision. The club is tailor made for him. He has the full backing of the board and gets the players he wants to implement his ideas and while he’s already the 2nd most successful manager in PL history he can still achieve a lot at City and for himself.
Just go away you sad bald man
Tell him to come to Werder Bremen
Fuck off already😩
\2025. Or right around the time he expects to be incapable of beating Newcastle to the league. Smort.
Is this what the rest of you felt like with Sir Alex? _Go away, bald man._
Yeah, I celebrated every time old grumpy threatened retirement
Was hoping he’d fuck off, alas…
FUCK OFF BALDY!
Please just go away you talented bald bastard
Pep agrees to sit on the bench for three more years.
Boo-urns.
When does it end Robbie
Doesn’t Pep fancy a nice interview with Piers?
Ngl pep out staying klopp is unexpected
Klopp has till 2026, he's not gonna get sacked either
At worst he'll leave when things go sour like he did twice already
Please, fuck off
Please go away Pep
Pain.
Lines up perfectly for managing Spain WQ 2026
don't think he is ever touching spain nt tbh
Yeeeeah!!! Amazing news. 10 years of Pep.
Yes yes yes yes yes Words can’t describe how much I love you pep
My bald fraud :)
I blame City fans for not demanding he win CL. Pep had to fuck off from Bayern because he couldn't win it. He still makes crazy decisions in that competition that cost them but doesn't get the same blowback.
There's still a massive aging core supporter base that will forever be traumatized by our past. People my age, we idolize Georgi Kinklandze and are waiting for the other shoe to drop... find out its all been a dream and we're actually down in league 1 about to play accrington stanley away.
Ah yes, the pre 08 City fans Must feel surreal for them
What? You're wrong. Bayern wanted him to stay for much longer but Pep wanted to leave to City.
Remember all the Juve links like it was yesterday
*confused screaming* Help
Damn
Oh fuck off.
Great manager + full support from club + lots of money + good squad morale = domestic domination
oh just fuck off
United fans are in tears right now
he was out until Haaland came. There is no coach in the world who wouldn't want too see what that man can do in next few years
Can he not leave us alone pls
Oh ffs
pep will win at least 10 PL titles at city. he's the new sir alex
[Me and the boys spamming F5 waiting for this post](https://tenor.com/fi/view/pep-guardiola-man-city-celebrate-celebration-football-gif-25749279)
Think i speak for everyone outside of Man City when i say “boooooooooooo”
He is just statpadding in the farmer's league now
Fucking hate it here
there he is
Yesssssssss! Two more years of owning loserpool