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  "textContent": "Manchester City are set to lose Pep Guardiola as manager this month (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nPep Guardiola is expected to leave Manchester City at the end of the season, with his final game on Sunday against Aston Villa at the Etihad.\n\nThe 55-year-old has been with Manchester City since 2016, having managed Barcelona and Bayern Munich previously.\n\nIt has been 10 years of great success, with the Spaniard winning six Premier League titles, three FA Cups, five League Cups and the Champions League in 2023.\n\nThat European success completed a treble in the 2022/23 season, which was the pinnacle of Guardiola’s time in charge.\n\n##  Get ready for the World Cup\n\nGet previews of every single team at the World Cup sent directly to your inbox, featuring the players to look out for, games you shouldn’t miss and Metro’s big England predictions. Don't miss out, sign up here.\n\nThat time is very nearly at an end now, though, with the Daily Mail reporting that the Manchester City manager has just two games left at the helm.\n\nCity go to Bournemouth on Tuesday night before hosting Aston Villa on Sunday, which will be his last game as boss.\n\nManchester City have reportedly already started informing their sponsor partners and an official announcement is imminent.\n\nGuardiola has won two more trophies this season (Picture: EPA)\n\nHaving won the FA Cup and League Cup this season, Manchester City will have an open-top bus parade on Monday, which will celebrate Guardiola’s legacy as much as those two pieces of silverware.\n\nThe iconic manager still has one year on his contract with Manchester City and the Daily Mail report states that he could stay on in some capacity.\n\nPossible candidates to take on the huge job of replacing Guardiola are his former coach at the Etihad Enzo Maresca, who managed Chelsea until earlier this season.\n\nFormer Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, who is currently in charge of Bayern Munich, is also a possibility.\n\nGuardiola is a six-time Premier League champion (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nAhead of Manchester City beating Chelsea 1-0 to win the FA Cup final on Saturday, Guardiola was asked about his future and suggested he would be seeing out his contract.\n\n‘Yeah, I’m here, I have a contract,’ he told the BBC.\n\nPushed on whether he would be in charge next season, he said: ‘Oh my God! The people have asked me that question for a long, long time.\n\n‘I know the answer, you should know the answer. I’m here at the end of the season in the Premier League. So that’s good.’\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nGuardiola is the second most successful Premier League manager ever, with his six titles only behind Alex Ferguson’s 13.\n\nNo other manager has won more than Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho’s haul of three.\n\nWhoever takes charge next at Manchester City will represent the first managerial change at the club since Guardiola replaced Manuel Pellegrini a decade ago.\n\nAfter winning the FA Cup last weekend, Guardiola said his remarkable achievement of taking City to Wembley 24 times is what he is proudest of.\n\n‘I think the biggest title is to come here 24 times,’ he said. ‘We can win the Premier League and Champions League, but to play 24 times here is because we were stubborn. That is the biggest complement we can get as a club.\n\n‘We have done it and we have to continue to try. That is the biggest success. I cannot speak higher about the organisation of the club.’\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Pep Guardiola makes decision on Man City future that will rock Premier League"
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