Pep Guardiola: Manchester Metropolis boss indicators two-year contract extension | Soccer Information

Pep Guardiola has agreed phrases on a brand new two-year contract extension, Manchester Metropolis have confirmed.

The 53-year-old’s earlier Metropolis deal was as a result of expire on the finish of this season.

The brand new contract takes the Spaniard to over a decade accountable for the membership, having joined Metropolis in the summertime of 2016.

Guardiola, who has received 18 trophies, together with six Premier League titles and the Champions League whereas on the Etihad, admitted that whereas he had been pondering of leaving on the finish of the season, Metropolis’s latest four-game dropping run was partly a think about his determination to increase his keep on the membership.

“Since the beginning of the season, I was thinking a lot, there were some moments, I have to be honest, I thought this should be the last one because every one is…” he advised the membership’s web site.

“However on the identical time, when the scenario comes and the issues we had within the final month, I felt now just isn’t the time to depart, I’d let the membership down and I had the sensation I needed to do it.

“Do not ask me the explanation why. Perhaps the 4 defeats had been the explanation why and I felt I can not go away. I felt the membership nonetheless need me or had the truth that we had been collectively and that is the explanation why we signal.

“Manchester City means so much to me. This is my ninth season here; we have experienced so many amazing times together. I have a really special feeling for this football club.

“That’s the reason I’m so glad to be staying for an additional two extra seasons.

“Thank you to everyone for continuing to trust and support me – The Owner, The Chairman Khaldoon, Ferran, Txiki, the players and of course the fans… everyone connected to Manchester City. It has always been an honour, a pleasure and a privilege to be here.

“I’ve stated this many occasions earlier than, however I’ve the whole lot a supervisor might ever want for, and I recognize that a lot. Hopefully now we will add extra trophies to those we’ve got already received. That will likely be my focus.”

Speculation over Guardiola’s future, rife for several months, had increased considerably after the club confirmed director of football Txiki Begiristain would be leaving at the end of the season.

Begiristain, a long-time ally of Guardiola, is to get replaced by Sporting’s Hugo Viana, a former Newcastle participant.

Ending uncertainty over Guardiola’s place prevents additional disruption subsequent summer season at a time when the membership are additionally as a result of compete within the Membership World Cup.

The information has come at a crucial juncture in Metropolis’s season. Hampered by accidents, the champions’ type has wavered of late, with the workforce having misplaced their final 4 matches in all competitions, the worst run of Guardiola’s profession.

It has additionally been a tough marketing campaign off the sphere with the membership dealing with 115 fees for alleged breaking of Premier League guidelines following an investigation into their monetary affairs.

Guardiola succeeded Manuel Pellegrini at Metropolis eight years in the past after earlier profitable spells accountable for Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

In the meantime, Metropolis Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak spoke of his delight on the supervisor’s determination to remain in Manchester for 2 extra years.

“Like every City fan, I am delighted that Pep’s journey with Manchester City will continue; allowing his dedication, passion and innovative thinking to continue to shape the landscape of the game,” he advised the membership’s web site.

“His hunger for improvement and success remains insatiable and the direct beneficiaries of that will continue to be our players and coaching staff, the culture of our Club, and the English game at large.

“This renewal will take Pep past a decade of teaching Manchester Metropolis and the chance to proceed to re-write the managerial report books.”

‘Pep felt now was not the appropriate time to depart Man Metropolis’

Sky Sports activities Information reporter Ben Ransom:

“I believe the timing of the information has come as a shock. We bought the sense as this season has gone on that Pep was extra inclined to remain.

“This is his ninth season so he’s not going to do another nine, of course not. But for him to say that, to be in that reflective mood, to probably see this team and the way it’s evolved and where they are right now, he had a lot to think about.

“His household are nonetheless in Catalonia and Barcelona. That may have been a giant draw, taking him again to Spain. However alongside that’s the job and the membership that he completely loves.

“And Pep has a loyalty to Manchester City, which we’ve seen. He clearly loves the job. He loves the challenge of trying to win the Premier League.

“And I believe it is that that is simply tipped him over the sting to wish to keep. Particularly his good friendship with Txiki Begiristain. We all know he is leaving on the finish of the season.

“We know Hugo Viana is coming in this kind of sporting director/director of football role. That is a new relationship. It’s a new era. It’s a new challenge. And I think Pep must have felt that in leaving now, he wasn’t doing the right thing by the club. They need him.

“They want somebody they’ll depend on. And whenever you take a look at his report, in fact they’ll depend on Pep.”