If this is Pep Guardiola’s goodbye to English football, his legacy is unique

“Pep Guardiola was only six months into life as Manchester City coach when he declared, on the second day of 2017, that ‘the process of my goodbye has already started’. Members of the club’s hierarchy spoke in similar terms in those days. They didn’t imagine he was there for the long haul. They were just determined to enjoy it for the length of his initial three-year contract. Anything beyond that would be a bonus. As much to his own surprise as anyone else’s, Guardiola has stayed for almost a decade. He has led City to six Premier League titles and has won the FA Cup twice and the League Cup four times, as well as adding the Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup in that glorious year of 2023. But now, as revealed by The Athletic today, there is a growing belief among well-placed sources that this will be his last season in Manchester. …”
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