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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T10:09:54.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Pep Guardiola 'furious' as Man City boss apologises to players following exit bombshell",
    "PGA Tour urged to make drastic rule change after Aaron Rai wins PGA Championship",
    "Man City's 115 charges are the elephant in the room as Pep Guardiola prepares to leave",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nAfter 10 years, 20 trophies and countless records broken, Pep Guardiola is poised to leave Manchester City at the end of the season.\n\nNews broke on Monday night that the 55-year-old Spaniard would be departing the Etihad Stadium this summer, despite having 12 months left on his contract to run.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nCity were already well on their way to become a global superpower when Guardiola first rocked up, having won Premier League titles under both Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini.\n\nBut Guardiola's genius has seen the club scale dizzying, unprecedented heights. He is, without a doubt, arguably the best coach in the division's history.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nNow, City will prepare for a new adventure. Enzo Maresca, it seems, is the Chosen One.\n\nThe Italian has agreed a three-year contract with the club. An official announcement will be made in due course.\n\nBut replacing greatness is no easy task. Those expecting City to continue to hoover up the greatest trophies on the planet should look to the past to know that it's never that simple.\n\nGB News now takes a look at English clubs who have struggled to replace iconic managers, starting with the greatest of them all...\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson\n\n\n\n\nWhen Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, Manchester United were champions of England and appeared well placed to continue dominating.\n\nInstead, his departure triggered one of the most turbulent periods in the club's modern history.\n\nDavid Moyes lasted less than a season, while Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Erik ten Hag and Ruben Amorim all failed to restore sustained success.\n\nUnited have won domestic cups but no Premier League titles since Ferguson stepped down. His departure remains football's clearest example that replacing a transformational manager can take more than a decade.\n\n### LATEST SPORTS NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Pep Guardiola 'furious' as Man City boss apologises to players following exit bombshell\n  * PGA Tour urged to make drastic rule change after Aaron Rai wins PGA Championship\n  * Man City's 115 charges are the elephant in the room as Pep Guardiola prepares to leave\n\n\n\n### Arsenal and Arsene Wenger\n\n\n\n\nArsene Wenger left Arsenal in 2018 after 22 years that revolutionised English football.\n\nAlthough the latter years were marked by criticism, his exit exposed how difficult it is to replace an institutional figure.\n\nUnai Emery struggled to impose authority and was dismissed after 18 months.\n\nMikel Arteta has since restored Arsenal to title contention, but the rebuild has required patience, major investment and several seasons outside the Champions League.\n\n### Chelsea and Jose Mourinho\n\n\n\n\nJose Mourinho's first departure from Chelsea in 2007 left a vacuum despite the club's enormous resources.\n\nAvram Grant guided the team to a Champions League final, and second in the Premier League table, but he never carried Mourinho's authority.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nLuiz Felipe Scolari and Guus Hiddink followed in a period of constant change.\n\nChelsea continued winning trophies but wouldn't taste league glory until Carlo Ancelotti steered them to the prize in 2010.\n\n### Leicester and Claudio Ranieri\n\n\n\n\nClaudio Ranieri's departure from Leicester City in 2017 remains one of football's most poignant examples of how difficult it can be to move on from a manager who delivers the impossible.\n\nJust nine months after guiding the Foxes to the most extraordinary title triumph in Premier League history, Ranieri was dismissed with the club hovering above the relegation zone.\n\nAlthough Leicester initially stabilised under Craig Shakespeare and later enjoyed success with Brendan Rodgers, including an FA Cup triumph, they never recaptured the unique spirit and unity of 2015-16.\n\n### The one exception: Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp\n\n\n\n\nIf there is one modern example that offers genuine hope to Manchester City, it is Liverpool's transition after Jurgen Klopp.\n\nKlopp left in 2024 having rebuilt the club and delivered both the Premier League and Champions League.\n\nReplacing a figure of that stature appeared daunting. Yet Arne Slot made an immediate impact, guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title 12 months ago.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nLiverpool's success demonstrated that succession can work when a club plans carefully, inherits a strong squad and appoints a coach whose ideas complement the foundations already in place.\n\nThat said, their struggles this season means Slot has faced calls for the sack. Whether the Reds wield the axe remains to be seen.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "From Sir Alex Ferguson to Arsene Wenger: The warning signs for Man City after Pep Guardiola exit"
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