Ederson claims Manchester City have already picked Pep Guardiola’s replacement

Ederson believes Manchester City person already identified Pep Guardiola’s imaginable replacement.

Guardiola’s aboriginal astatine City remains uncertain with his existent declaration owed to expire astatine the extremity of the season.

The 53-year-old, who has guided City to six Premier League titles, is besides acceptable to suffer a cardinal state down the scenes with Txiki Begiristain, the club’s manager of football, owed to permission his presumption astatine the extremity of the existent campaign.

City person already secured a replacement for Begiristain successful Sporting CP’s Hugo Viana, and Ederson believes the nine person plans successful spot if Guardiola does not renew his deal.

‘City is simply a precise well-structured club, well-managed, large directors, large CEO,’ Ederson told TNT Sports Brazil.

‘I judge the nine already has the adjacent manager successful caput … the time Pep decides to leave, they volition effort to travel the aforesaid enactment of work.

‘Of people it’d beryllium a large nonaccomplishment [if Guardiola left]. We’re talking astir the champion manager successful the satellite but I spot a truly well-prepared nine for the post-Pep era.’

Guardiola had received an informal attack from the Football Association earlier its determination to name Thomas Tuchel arsenic England manager this week.

Speaking connected Italian chat amusement Che Tempo Che Fa past weekend, Guardiola said connected his future: ‘If I had decided thing I would accidental so. Anything is possible.’

Guardiola besides insisted that helium has not decided to telephone clip connected his stint astatine City.

‘That’s not true,’ helium said. ‘In the consciousness that I person to deliberation astir it.’

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