Pep Guardiola The coach of Manchester City confirmed that when deciding whether to renew his contract, the resolution of the case of 115 financial irregularities did not influence him and that, even if they were relegated, he would continue on the bench of Citizens.
The Spanish coach renewed his contract with City on Thursday for two more seasons, until June 2027, in the same week as the tenth and final day of the trial for 115 financial irregularities of which the Premier League is accused the City.
“I said that six months ago. With the renewal I don’t want to give the image of ‘how good Pep is’. I said that six months or a year ago. If we go down, I will continue here. If in the Fifth division we will go up to Second, the following year we will return to Premier.”
The judgment in the case of the City is approx It will be released in early 2025.
Guardiola also revealed that he closed the negotiations for two hours and that he makes all his decisions in life based on his feelings at that moment.
“I felt I had to stay, because they want me here,” Guardiola said today at the press conference ahead of City-Tottenham in the Premier League tomorrow.
Renewed in two hours
“I make all the decisions in my life based on how I feel at that moment.”. In just two hours we did it,” added Pep, who said City’s four consecutive defeats had influenced him to decide to stay rather than leave in June, when his previous contract expired.
According to Guardiola, he signed for two more years because he does not want next season, starting in September, the same situation as it happened and people started talking about “the end of Pep.”
“Will he renew or not? I don’t want to be in that position. I would love to stay two more years, but I know that if the result is not good, I will not stay two years. The same thing happens with players. We have legendary football players, but you have to do well. Otherwise, the owner and the fans will say: “What’s wrong? We have to change?” We are all under pressure, me first. “Maybe I’m a little arrogant, but I think we deserve to continue what we’ve done in recent years.”
Source: La Verdad
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