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 City’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 club’s history after winning 20 trophies in 10 years highlighted below:

🏆 1x Champions League
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 x6 Premier League
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 x5 League Cup
🏆🏆🏆 x3 FA Cup
🏆🏆🏆 x3 Community Shield
🏆 1x UEFA Super Cup
🏆 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.

𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐏 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐌!

The newly-developed and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will be now named as ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝’

A 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚 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.