Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City at the end of the season

London (EFE).- Spaniard Pep Guardiola announced this Friday his departure from Manchester City at the end of the season, after ten years at the club and six Premier Leagues and one Champions League won with the Mancunian club.

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Despite having one more year on his contract, Guardiola has decided to end his career at the end of this season and will receive a great tribute this Sunday in the last match at the Etihad Stadium of the ‘Sky Blues’. Guardiola will leave City with 593 matches managed and 20 titles, including six Premier Leagues, a ‘Champions’ – the first in City’s history -, three FA Cups, five League Cups, a European Super Cup and a Club World Cup.

The most decorated coach in the club’s history

The one from Santpedor (Barcelona) leaves as the most decorated coach in the club’s history and on par with the greatest in England, after ten years in which he has not only made City the undisputed dominator of all national competitions, but has also transformed the way of playing football in all divisions, implementing a style of play that many have tried to copy, but few replicate. Although he had one more year on his contract, after signing a two-year renewal at the end of 2024, Guardiola has decided to leave City after a season in which he won the double of national cups, with the League Cup that he won against Arsenal and the FA Cup against Chelsea, and once the reconstruction that this squad needed after the fateful 2024-2025 season in which he was left empty-handed, the second time it happened to him with City after his debut season, was completed. Guardiola’s departure had been anticipated by other exits from the club, such as that of the fitness coach of his entire career, Lorenzo Buenaventura, and that of his football director, Aitor ‘Txiki’ Begiristain, last summer.

Italy dreams of Guardiola as coach

http://efe.com/deportes/2026-04-24/italia-suena-guardiola-seleccionador/embed/#?secret=cz62Zz9Cvj#?secret=EsOPdEyD5H His replacement is likely to be Enzo Maresca, who left Chelsea in January due to disagreements with the board and who previously worked at City as a youth coach and as an assistant to Guardiola himself.

The Next Step in Guardiola’s Career

The next step in Guardiola’s successful career is not clear. At the club level, it doesn’t seem like there’s anyone who can match what City offers him, in addition to the fact that his dream, once this stage is over, has always been to manage a national team. Once the World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada is over and it becomes clear which benches are free, it will be easier to try to glimpse the future of one of the best, if not the best, coaches in history.