Pep Guardiola agrees to stay at Man City for another two years

Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year declaration hold that volition instrumentality his clip with Manchester City to much than a decade.

The Spaniard's hugely palmy tenure has already included six Premier League titles and a Champions League trophy.

His wide triumph percent astatine the nine is 72%, with City averaging 2.45 goals per game.

Guardiola said successful a connection that it was "an honour, a pleasance and a privilege" to beryllium astatine the club.

"This is my ninth play here; we person experienced truthful galore astonishing times together. I person a truly peculiar feeling for this shot club," the 53-year-old said.

"That is wherefore I americium truthful blessed to beryllium staying for different 2 much seasons."

Guardiola said helium was focussed connected winning adjacent much trophies for the club.

City president Khaldoon Al Mubarak said helium hoped Guardiola could proceed "to re-write the managerial grounds books".

"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."

Guardiola joined the nine from Bayern Munich successful 2016 and earlier that enjoyed stellar occurrence managing Barcelona.

His existent declaration was owed to expire astatine the extremity of the play but the 18 trophies he's won meant the nine were ever going to combat to support him.

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