Ex-Man City star claims Pep Guardiola has already made decision on whether to stay

Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha reckons Pep Guardiola volition assistance prime his successor erstwhile helium leaves the Etihad Stadium aft 9 unthinkable years

Pep Guardiola volition permission Manchester City astatine the extremity of the season, Nedum Onuoha has claimed.

But the erstwhile Manchester City defender said the Catalan volition assistance prime his successor successful a bid to proceed the occurrence astatine the nine Guardiola has won 18 trophies since joining successful 2016 but is present entering the last twelvemonth of his declaration portion his person and sporting manager Txiki Begiristain is leaving.

There is besides the shadiness of the 115 Premier League charges for breaking fiscal just play rules betwixt 2009-18 hanging implicit the club. The City boss, 53, did not amusement involvement successful the England occupation implicit the summertime and reports person claimed helium is negotiating to motion a one-year hold until 2026.

But ESPN pundit Onuoha, who came done the City Academy, said: “I don't expect him to stay, I'd emotion for him to enactment though. He's been singular but helium can't bash the occupation forever.

"He'll privation to permission the nine successful a bully spot for the agelong word wherever he'll beryllium helping prime the successor. He'll cognize who helium thinks is champion to enactment successful the situation that is needed astatine City to beryllium palmy going forward.

"He knows it amended than anybody else. So I wouldn't needfully deliberation that he's going to spell retired successful a mode wherever it's conscionable astir him getting what helium wants.

“He's selfless capable fixed the information that his individuality is each implicit the shot club, to cognize what it needs to proceed to beryllium successful, due to the fact that for arsenic overmuch arsenic he's a antheral from Catalonia you cognize he's a Barca lad done and through, he's besides fractional bluish Mancunian now. So I deliberation he'll effort and find the champion mode to exit portion besides allowing the nine to proceed to strive.

Speaking exclusively connected Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, Onuoha added: “When helium archetypal came successful radical said 'you can't play tiki-taka shot here, it's not going to work', and successful the years that he's been determination helium hasn't played that benignant of football. He's evolved himself and the Premier League's evolved, and you tin adjacent marque a lawsuit that English shot has evolved owed to his presence.

“If helium does determine to permission to spell and bash thing else, myself and astir apt hundreds of thousands of others would transportation him connected our shoulders due to the fact that he's been amazing, he's fixed america immoderate of the champion times of our lives you could accidental supporting Manchester City.”

Sporting CP manager of shot Hugo Viana volition regenerate Begiristain adjacent twelvemonth and his manager Ruben Amorin is connected a database of imaginable successors to Guardiola on with Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen.

Onuoha, who made 95 City appearances betwixt 2004-12, besides praised 1 of Guardiola’s archetypal signings successful 2016 - England defender John Stones.

“He’s been incredible, but interestingly helium went done a spell wherever helium wasn't doing arsenic good astir 2020 wherever possibly helium was going to beryllium leaving, but past successful came Ruben Dias, and retired came the precise champion of John Stones,” said the erstwhile Sunderland and QPR defender.

“There person been times erstwhile he's had fittingness issues but past helium ends up being a revelation successful the astir important play successful the club's past erstwhile they triumph the treble, stepping into midfield, and not conscionable being a defender successful midfield, but being an fantabulous midfielder retired of nowhere. He's been an unthinkable bargain and he's 1 of galore that City person had.”

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