In the early morning of February 6, Premier League champions Manchester City defeated Fulham 4-1 in the fourth round of the FA Cup to advance, compared with the outgoing Manchester United and Chelsea, who narrowly won in extra time, Guardiola's team although also suffered the first blow of the opening 4 minutes, but they did not give Fulham the opportunity to counterattack, Mahrez's 2 shots and 1 pass and Stones and Gundogan's goals arrived as scheduled, allowing Manchester City to easily qualify.
In the second half of the game, the newly renewed young players McCarty and Drap also came off the bench, and the latter finally announced his comeback after more than half a year of injury, making his first-team debut of the season. In the game, Drap once scored with a header, but it was invalidated because of offside goals. After the game, Guardiola, who was in a good mood, gave the 18-year-old a high praise, calling him "the kind of striker we lack".
In fact, before the contract extension, Drap had received many team transfer or loan invitations, but they were all rejected by Guardiola, and the Spanish coach hoped that the young center forward could stay in his sight and be personally trained by him and his assistant coach, before this, Phil Foden also enjoyed similar treatment, but the other two people who were also known as manchester City's youth academy three masters, Sancho and Brahin Díaz, did not resist loneliness and finally chose to run away. This has also become a regret in the hearts of Manchester City fans.
However, this time, Manchester City did not let history repeat itself, Palmer, McCarty and Drap, three young people who are known as the new three masters of Manchester City's youth training, have completed the renewal of contracts, in addition, the renewal of Manchester City's first-team players is also in an orderly manner. So, although they only bought Argentine rising star Alvarez for £18 million in this winter window, no one dared to take this guardiola team down.
However, what Manchester City fans are most concerned about now is the renewal of Guardiola's contract. In the 2019/20 season, Manchester City failed to defend their title in the Premier League, stopped in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and only won one League Cup trophy, which can be described as a dismal record. At that time, many people thought that Guardiola would leave the Etihad, but the City executives chose to continue to trust him and renewed a three-year contract with him before last season's Premier League, League Cup and Champions League runners-up.
This season, in addition to manchester City's accidental exit from the League Cup, the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup have continued to soar, the manager's clever moves are frequent, the team's three armed forces are used, young people have begun to show their talents, and the Blue Moon Dynasty has loomed. However, the fact is that Guardiola's contract expires in the summer of 2023. In other words, after building a competitive team by hand, the Spanish coach's own contract extension has not yet been solved.
Before that, Guardiola had been asked about his plans for the future, when his answer was to finish his contract at Manchester City first and then maybe try to accept the national team. Today, seeing that Guardiola's contract period is getting shorter and shorter, it is estimated that Manchester City fans are a little uneasy.
However, for the entire Manchester City team, the renewal of Guardiola's contract is a matter of course, and the relevant person said, "Guardiola is impossible to leave here, he has built a dynastic team according to his own plan, he has everything at Manchester City, he does not need to compromise with the team board here." And the truth is also true, after taking over the Manchester City coaching whip, Guardiola got the full trust of the team, almost all of his buying requirements, Manchester City will be the first time to meet, this Manchester City, is established according to his vision, here, Guardiola is very happy, he really can't find a reason to leave.
So if it's no surprise, Guardiola will definitely complete the renewal of manchester City, in the past 5 seasons, he has led Manchester City to 3 Premier League titles, 4 League Cup titles, 1 FA Cup and 2 community shield titles including 10 trophies, the only regret may be that he has not touched the Champions League title. At least until he leads Manchester City to the top of Europe, Guardiola will not leave.