Guardiola signs two-year contract extension at Manchester City

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

Manchester City head Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year statement hold that will support him astatine nan Premier League champions until 2027.

Spaniard Guardiola’s determination intends he will walk much than a decade astatine nan nine he joined successful 2016 and has led to a dazzling array of silverware, including six convention titles and 1 Champions League crown. The news will beryllium welcomed by City’s fans who mightiness person feared nan Guardiola era was drafting to a adjacent pinch his existent woody expiring astatine nan extremity of this season.

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

“This is my ninth play here; we person knowledgeable truthful galore astonishing times together. I person a really typical emotion for this shot club. That is why I americium truthful happy to beryllium staying for different 2 much seasons.”

Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, congratulates unit aft nan team’s triumph arsenic Premier League champions earlier nan trophy ceremonial during nan 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 awesome trophies and established a marque of shot that is admired crossed nan globe. This play has brought a flimsy dip successful form, however, and they are connected a four-match losing streak, nan worst since Guardiola arrived.

“I felt I could not time off now, elemental arsenic that,” nan head added. “We deserve, aft 4 defeats successful a row, a chance to bounce backmost and effort to move nan business around. We merit to beryllium here. I americium not arrogant to say, but it’s nan truth.

“I bask being here. I for illustration being nan head of this club. The infinitesimal I will not person that feeling, moreover nether contract, I will ringing my president and CEO and opportunity nan champion for nan nine correct now is I person to leave,” he added.

“I don’t person that emotion correct now and that’s why I extended a small spot longer.”

Erling Haalnd, near has been nan 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 pinch Manchester City will continue; allowing his dedication, passion and innovative reasoning to proceed to style nan scenery of nan game. His hunger for betterment and occurrence remains insatiable and nan nonstop beneficiaries of that will proceed to beryllium our players and coaching staff, nan civilization of our Club, and nan English crippled astatine large.”

British media reported connected Wednesday that Guardiola had agreed a one-year hold but his tenure will now agelong past a decade successful a monolithic boost for nan nine which is nether investigation for much than 100 alleged breaches of nan Premier League’s financial rules complete a nine-year period.

City contradict each nan charges against them.

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

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