Pep Guardiola reveals how close he came to leaving Man City and explains late U-turn

Pep Guardiola has signed a caller two-year declaration astatine Manchester City and the Spaniard has explained wherefore helium decided to stay, having initially been readying to permission successful the summer

Pep Guardiola has admitted helium was readying to permission Manchester City astatine the extremity of the season, earlier changing his mind.

Guardiola has signed a caller two-year deal that volition spot him stay successful complaint until 2027, with the Catalan stating that City's caller struggles meant helium did not privation to "let the nine down" by leaving.

City person mislaid their past 4 games crossed each competitions and Guardiola is hopeful that reaffirming his committedness to the nine tin assistance them bounce back. "Since the opening of the play I've been reasoning a lot," helium revealed.

"I thought that (this season) should beryllium the past one. But with the problems we had successful the past month, I felt that present is not the clip to leave. I would person fto the nine down. I felt that I could not permission now.

"Simple arsenic that. Maybe the 4 defeats was the crushed wherefore and I felt that I cannot leave. I felt the nine inactive wanted maine and the information we're inactive unneurotic truthful I signed." City volition beryllium hopeless to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they big Tottenham connected Saturday and Guardiola remains assured helium tin crook things around.

"Every clip I motion a declaration it's 'OK, the past two'," helium added. "And aft I re-signed the declaration I said, 'OK, the past two'. Honestly I deliberation close present maine and my unit merit to beryllium here. I'm not arrogant but it's the truth.

"We merit the chance, aft 4 defeats successful a row, to effort to bounce backmost and crook this situation. I had the feeling that we had to instrumentality the close decisions for the future. I bask being here. I similar my job.

"The infinitesimal I don't person that feeling, adjacent nether contract, I volition telephone my president and main enforcement to accidental the champion for the nine close present is that I person to leave. In shot you cannot triumph each the time.

"This play we person won 1 (the Community Shield) already and possibly we are not going to triumph the different ones but this is not the problem. The occupation is what's next, what decisions bash we person to instrumentality to inactive beryllium successful there, to inactive beryllium a bully team. The fans person to propulsion america to triumph again.

"Some volition beryllium delighted similar I americium but immoderate mightiness judge it's enough. I cognize each of them - they cognize america rather good and we'll ne'er springiness up. In the past games we were there. We inactive person to set immoderate things but hopefully it volition happen."

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