Pep Guardiola Confirms he’s Leaving Manchester City this Summer

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has officially confirmed that he will step down from his role at the end of the season.

The club announced this in an official video shared across its social media platforms on Friday, ahead of Cityโ€™s final Premier League fixture against Aston Villa on Sunday. Guardiola has been in charge of Manchester City since 2016, becoming their most successful manager in the clubโ€™s history after winning 20 trophies in 10 years highlighted below:

๐Ÿ† 1x Champions League
๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† x6 Premier League
๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† x5 League Cup
๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† x3 FA Cup
๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† x3 Community Shield
๐Ÿ† 1x UEFA Super Cup
๐Ÿ† 1x FIFA Club World Cup

“Despite his departure as Manager of Manchester City, Pep will continue his relationship with the City Football Group, by taking up a role as a Global Ambassador. The role will see him giving technical advice to the clubs in the group, working on specific projects and collaborations”, the club confirmed.

๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐๐„๐ ๐†๐”๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐Ž๐‹๐€ ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐”๐„ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐€๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐’๐“๐€๐๐ƒ ๐€๐…๐“๐„๐‘ ๐‡๐ˆ๐Œ!

The newly-developed and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will be now named as โ€˜๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฉ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐โ€™

A ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฉ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š will be commissioned by Man City, featuring on the approach to The Pep Guardiola Stand at the Etihad Stadium to honour their iconic manager forever.