Manchester City – But what will Pep Guardiola do after Jürgen Klopp’s extension to Liverpool?

“Congratulations to Jürgen and Liverpool, I think it’s a good thing for the Premier League and for the futurehe first explained. But why should that have an impact for me? Everyone has a different situation and if we decided to extend as well, it would only be because I decided, not because my colleague Jürgen extended. I don’t see a correlation“.

He is not wrong but, in England, the will of Pep Guardiola remains a worrying unknown. Under contract until 2023, the Catalan has not yet started discussions regarding a possible extension. The reason ? Not ideal timing, he said. “We haven’t started a specific discussionhe first admitted. Honestly, I’m so concerned about the next three weeks that I don’t have time“.

‘I didn’t set out to beat Sir Alex Ferguson’

Then, looking back on his remaining contract year, he turned to this citizen page which is starting to last. “I have the feeling that a year is a long timehe smiled. We’ve been together for six years, it’s huge. I really appreciate this moment of the season and I have time to think about what’s next. I have an incredible relationship with the club, with my president. And you know my state of mind: I’m really very happy here, I couldn’t be in a better place. I can’t visualize a better job but it’s not just up to me, there are other situations to consider“.

Whether he likes it or not, the decision is up to him. The citizen project depends almost exclusively on him in view of the past six years, a personal best in a club for him. But Guardiola’s nature has not changed: long projects, very little for him. His way of living football exhausts him, literally.

Last February, it was therefore natural that he had cooled the ardor of the Citizens who hoped to see him in this costume for decades to come. “I didn’t set out to beat Sir Alex Ferguson“, he smiled. Okay, but what’s next?

The dream of the Seleçao

In his career ambitions, an adventure as a coach looks like an experience that has always tempted him. Is it soon? Last August, an intervention on Zoom on his part against the Brazilian financial world had set fire to the powder. “After seven years on this team, I think I’m going to take a breakhe explained according to comments transcribed by the Brazilian press. I’m going to have to stop for a moment, look at what we’ve done, review the inspirations. And in this process, I would like to train a national, South American, European team… To play a Copa America, I want to have this experience“.

Basically, what is certain is that there is precisely nothing certain. Because Guardiola cannot project himself without having all the cards in hand, and therefore all the results on which his record will be judged. So, can Guardiola’s future be played out in the next three weeks? Without a doubt. And, whether he likes it or not, Jürgen Klopp could well weigh, despite everything, in the decision.