Guardiola signs two-year contract extension at Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has ended speculation astir his aboriginal arsenic Manchester City manager by signing a caller two-year deal.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year declaration hold that volition support him astatine the Premier League champions until 2027.

Spaniard Guardiola’s determination means helium volition walk much than a decennary astatine the nine helium joined successful 2016 and has led to a dazzling array of silverware, including six league titles and 1 Champions League crown. The quality volition beryllium welcomed by City’s fans who mightiness person feared the Guardiola epoch was drafting to a adjacent with his existent woody expiring astatine the extremity of this season.

“Manchester City means truthful overmuch to me,” the 53-year-old, who antecedently had palmy spells astatine Barcelona and Bayern Munich, said successful a statement.

“This is my ninth play here; we person experienced truthful galore astonishing times together. I person a truly peculiar feeling for this shot club. That is wherefore I americium truthful blessed to beryllium staying for different 2 much seasons.”

Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, congratulates unit aft the team’s triumph arsenic Premier League champions earlier the trophy ceremonial during the Premier League lucifer betwixt Manchester City and West Ham United astatine Etihad Stadium connected May 19, 2024, successful Manchester, England [Michael Regan/Getty Images]

Guardiola joined Abu Dhabi-owned City successful 2016 and has turned them into a trophy-winning machine. He has guided City to 18 large trophies and established a marque of shot that is admired crossed the globe. This play has brought a flimsy dip successful form, however, and they are connected a four-match losing streak, the worst since Guardiola arrived.

“I felt I could not permission now, elemental arsenic that,” the manager added. “We deserve, aft 4 defeats successful a row, a accidental to bounce backmost and effort to crook the concern around. We merit to beryllium here. I americium not arrogant to say, but it’s the truth.

“I bask being here. I similar being the manager of this club. The infinitesimal I volition not person that feeling, adjacent nether contract, I volition ringing my president and CEO and accidental the champion for the nine close present is I person to leave,” helium added.

“I don’t person that feeling close present and that’s wherefore I extended a small spot longer.”

Erling Haalnd, near has been the figurehead of Manchester City’s latest improvement [Toby Melville/Reuters]

City president Khaldoon al-Mubarak said successful a statement, “Like each City fan, I americium delighted that Pep’s travel with Manchester City volition continue; allowing his dedication, passionateness and innovative reasoning to proceed to signifier the scenery of the game. His hunger for betterment and occurrence remains insatiable and the nonstop beneficiaries of that volition proceed to beryllium our players and coaching staff, the civilization of our Club, and the English crippled astatine large.”

British media reported connected Wednesday that Guardiola had agreed a one-year hold but his tenure volition present agelong past a decennary successful a monolithic boost for the nine which is nether probe for much than 100 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s fiscal rules implicit a nine-year period.

City contradict each the charges against them.

They are 5 points down leaders Liverpool successful the Premier League array but Guardiola sounded an upbeat note. “I person said this galore times before, but I person everything a manager could ever privation for, and I admit that truthful much,” helium said. “Hopefully, present we tin adhd much trophies to the ones we person already won. That volition beryllium my focus.”

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