Guardiola to sign one-year contract extension at Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is understood to person agreed to widen his declaration until the extremity of adjacent season.

Pep Guardiola has agreed to a declaration hold to enactment astatine Manchester City for astatine slightest different season, according to wide reports successful British media.

The City manager, whose declaration was owed to expire astatine the extremity of this season, has overseen a play of unprecedented dominance since joining the nine successful 2016. City person won six Premier League titles successful 7 years and secured their archetypal Champions League.

City person not commented connected respective reports that the 53-year-old would widen his enactment into a 10th season, with the woody including an enactment for an further year. Guardiola besides signed his 2 erstwhile declaration extensions astatine City during the November planetary break.

Under the Catalan coach, City became the archetypal squad to triumph 4 consecutive English league titles. He besides led City to the treble successful 2023, winning the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup successful 1 play – matching Manchester United’s accomplishment successful 1999. The nine besides lifted the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup that aforesaid year.

The Spaniard managed boyhood nine Barcelona from 2008-12 and spent 3 years successful complaint of German giants Bayern Munich, winning 3 league titles astatine each club, earlier joining City, who are presently 2nd successful the Premier League, 5 points down Liverpool aft 11 games.

After Manchester City won 5 trophies successful 2023, Pep Guardiola was named FIFA Men’s Coach of the Year during The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 connected January 15, 2024 [Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

Guardiola’s City travel hits troubled waters

There had been speculation that Guardiola’s clip could beryllium coming to an extremity with City, with the club’s manager of shot Txiki Begiristain, a adjacent state of Guardiola, having already confirmed his departure astatine the extremity of the season.

City, meantime, face 115 charges ranging implicit a nine-year period erstwhile it was trying to found itself arsenic the biggest unit successful English football. Punishment could beryllium arsenic utmost arsenic expulsion from the league. The nine denies the charges and Guardiola had said successful September – erstwhile a closed-door proceeding was scheduled – that helium welcomed the accidental to wide the club’s name. A verdict is not expected until adjacent year.

The English champions instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday, looking to drawback an unprecedented losing streak for their manager, who has mislaid 4 consecutive games for the archetypal clip successful his coaching career.

Hit by the nonaccomplishment of Ballon d’Or victor Rodri to a season-ending genu injury, City’s driblet successful gait successful the Premier League comes aft defeats by Bournemouth and Brighton. They besides mislaid 4-1 to Sporting Lisbon successful their past Champions League outing and were eliminated from the League Cup by Tottenham – the squad they look connected Saturday.

The retention of 1 the astir decorated coaches successful shot history, however, would beryllium a immense boost to the morale of City players and fans.

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