Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 14:17 / Updated Tuesday, September 16, 2023:23
Pep Guardiola has been Manchester City's manager for 9 years. The contract expires in 2027.
Guardiola extended with Manchester City last year, which cost the marriage with Cristina Serra. But it is unlikely to stay at “citizens” and after 2027. Invited to respond to supporters on the Tiktok account of TNT Sports, The Spanish technician was asked at one point how he wants to be remembered in the football world after he is withdrawing from the activity.
Pep's reply? “I don't want to be kept in mind. I want the world to forget me,” he said. A at least curious statement, if not strange, interpreted by many as “a gesture of modesty. He does not want to be in the center of attention.”
Pep Guardiola has won 39 trophies in career, but is not considered the best coach in history
The Spanish coach has won no less than 39 career trophies, with Barcelona, Bayern and Manchester City, including 3 champions, the most important and prestigious competition in Europe. However, he is not yet considered the best coach in football history.
“Maybe Sir Alex Ferguson would rather deserve this title, because it was the best when it came to titles, ”he believes. The Scot earned significantly several titles, a total of 47, with Aberdeen and Manchester United.
Pep Guardiola: “If I was at Real Madrid or Barcelona, I would have been fired. La City did not ask the problem”
Pep Guardiola recently admitted that the 2024-2025 season was the only one in which it was exceeded by events, missing all the goals. “I always knew how to recover the situation when things did not go properly, but this season I was not able,” said Manchester City manager, in an interview with DAZN.
Manchester City had to be satisfied only with a 3rd place in the Premier League, and Pep admitted honestly: “If I had this season in Spain, in October, November or December, I would have no coach. Barcelona or Real Madrid would have fired me, but that was not even in question.” In full crisis, in November 2024, Guardiola reached the aforementioned agreement with Manchester City on the extension of the contract until June 30, 2027.
