National team but possible
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Coach Pep Guardiola has ruled out a commitment to another club after his time at Manchester City. In contrast, he can imagine a position with a national team. The 53-year-old, who is currently going through the most difficult phase of his tenure at the Skyblues, extended his expiring contract until 2027 in November. According to “Relevo” reporter Matteo Moretto, the agreement contains several unspecified clauses.
“At some point I’ll feel like it’s enough and then I’ll definitely stop. I won’t move to another team, I won’t go to another country (for a new club; editor’s note). I don’t have the energy for it. Now I’m still here, but thinking about starting again, the whole process of training – no, no,” Guardiola said in the “Desmontadito” podcast format. The coach will enter his tenth season at Man City in 2025/26.
Taking over a national team is “something different” because there is not training “every day” and there is a competitive game “every three days”. He thinks he needs to stop the daily cycle. “To rest, to see what we have done, what we can do better, because in everyday life we don’t have much time to rest,” Guardiola explained his opinion, according to the “Guardian“.
The star trainer is basically of the opinion that a break would “do him good”. “But at the moment, no, at the moment I’m here.” Guardiola joined Man City in July 2016 and has since become the most successful coach in the club’s history. He averaged 2.31 points in his 495 games in office and won 19 titles, including six of the ten English championships in the club’s history and the 2023 Champions League. In the 2017/18 season, the Citizens were the first under his management and to date the only team to collect 100 points in the Premier League. As part of their current sporting crisis, the Skyblues have only been able to win one of the last nine matches.