The Spanish coach Pep Guardiola has renewed his contract as coach of the Manchester City for two seasons, until 2023, announced this Thursday the English club, which it arrived in 2016, closing the doors to a possible return to Barcelona.
«Since he arrived at Manchester City, Pep has transformed the club’s style of play and has led the team to eight major wins, setting several important records along the way, “the entity said in a statement. “In total, the team has won 181 of the 245 matches under its charge, a win rate of 73.87 percent,” the club stressed, adding that it has won one tournament for every 31 matches it has played.
Guardiola, 49, who began his successful career on the benches at Barcelona, the same club where he shone as a player, has won two Premier League titles, three League Cups and one English Cup. His goal remains to bring the first Champions League to the showcases of City.
«Since I arrived they have made me feel very welcome in the club and in the city itself; the players, the staff, the fans, the people of Manchester. Since then we have achieved a lot together, we scored goals, we won games and trophies, and we are all very proud of that success, ”Guardiola said in the club’s statement. «The challenge for us is to keep improving and evolving, and I am very excited to help Manchester City to achieve it, “he added.
The Champions, the pending challenge
Guardiola, the most awarded coach in the history of Barcelona after having won fourteen titles in four years (2008-2012), thus closed the doors to a second stage as a Barça player, after one of the candidates for the club’s presidency, Víctor Font, said that he would like to have legends like him, Xavi or Carles Puyol. “I’ve said it many times. My time as a coach in Barcelona is over», Said a couple of weeks ago the one who was captain of the first team.
The former Spanish international has just started his fifth season at City. Never before have I been so long as a coach in the same club. Between Barcelona and the English club, he spent three courses at Bayern Munich (2013-16).
City president Khaldoon Mubarak expressed his satisfaction at the renewal of the coach. “It is a sign that his qualities, passion and intelligence are now intertwined with the football we play and our club culture,” he said. “That impact has been critical to our success during his tenure and so we are pleased that he shares our view that there is much to achieve both on and off the field,” he added.
Almost ten years after the last of his two Champions League triumphs with Barça (2009 and 2011), Guardiola has the credit and the economic weight of City to try to conquer his third ‘orejona’.
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