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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has opened up about his retirement plans, revealing that he intends to step away from managerial duties after leaving the club.
However, the 54-year-old, who signed a contract extension in November last year, which will now last until 2027, remarked that the decision could take up to 15 years.
His role came under scrutiny after Manchester City’s challenging season. For the first time since Guardiola took the position in 2016, the club finished without any trophies.
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Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola has made similar statements in the past about his retirement.
“I don’t know. The truth is, I don’t know, but I don’t think I’m… I don’t know, because you can also have large work groups that help you with certain things,” he said.
“I know that after this spell with City I’m going to stop, that’s for sure, it’s decided, more than agreed,” he added.
Pep Guardiola further mentioned the challenges he face on daily basis as Manchester City manager, noting that no other profession comes under so much scrutiny.
“I’ve spent four or five months this year in every away stadium with the crowd chanting, ‘You’ll be sacked in the morning. They’re going to fire you’,” Guardiola said.
“There’s no other profession, architect, teacher, doctor, journalist… where 60,000 people ask you to lose your job.
“When you win six Premier Leagues, there comes a time when you go down. It’s human nature … it’s a process that had to happen, it happens, it took longer to happen, and when it did, it went deeper than we could have imagined,” Pep Guardiola concluded.
For the unversed, the Spaniard is the most successful manager in the Club’s history, having won 18 trophies, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League.
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