Hugo Viana identifies Pep Guardiola replacement if he lands Man City job

Hugo Viana volition propulsion for Sporting CP caput manager Ruben Amorim to regenerate Pep Guardiola if helium lands the manager of shot relation astatine Manchester City.

Txiki Begiristain is acceptable to measurement down arsenic City’s manager of football astatine the extremity of the play having overseen the club’s staggering occurrence implicit the past 12 years.

The Spaniard took up the relation successful 2012 aft occurrence with Barcelona, reunited with Pep Guardiola successful Manchester 4 years aboriginal having been instrumental successful bringing the manager to the club.

But this volition beryllium his past play astatine the nine with the hunt underway for a replacement.

Viana is thought to beryllium the starring campaigner with Record reporting the erstwhile midfielder volition question to bring Amorim with him to the Premier League.

Guardiola’s existent declaration astatine City volition expire astatine the extremity of the season with nary denotation from him oregon the nine arsenic to whether helium volition widen his stay.

In the past, the erstwhile Barcelona brag has made it wide the beingness of Begiristain has been a cardinal origin successful his determination to motion declaration extensions successful 2018, 2020 and 2022.

Amorim, 39, has a declaration with Sporting until 2026 but has been targeted by clubs successful the Premier League.

The Portuguese was considered for the Liverpool occupation earlier Arne Slot was brought into win Jurgen Klopp portion helium has besides been linked with the apical jobs astatine Chelsea and Manchester United successful caller years.

Record study Amorim would beryllium the ‘natural choice’ to measurement successful for Guardiola if Viana takes the relation astatine the apical of City’s footballing operation adjacent year.

Viana won 29 caps for Portugal during a playing vocation that took him to Newcastle United and Valencia aft emerging from the Sporing younker academy, retiring astatine the property of 33.

His vocation disconnected the transportation began successful 2017 arsenic manager of shot astatine Belenenses, returning to Sporting the pursuing year.

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