Beijing time on May 1: For Manchester City fans, a piece of good news has quietly arrived. According to the exact information brought by the British media Mirror, Manchester City is currently in talks with the team manager Guardiola, who hopes to persuade the manager and the team to renew their contract until 2025. Until then, Guardiola's contract will expire in the summer of 2023. Guardiola's own plan is to complete the task of reaching the Champions League with Manchester City in this time period, and he will rest for a while.
And there is news that if before 2023, Guardiola and Manchester City completed the task of sprinting for the Champions League in advance, then he may also retire from the position of Manchester City manager in advance. For many Manchester City fans, they are actually reluctant to Guardiola in their hearts. After all, the arrival of Guardiola has made Manchester City the hegemon of the Premier League in the real sense. Under normal circumstances, as long as Manchester City does not drop the chain themselves, the league championship will basically be pocketed by them. At the same time, in recent seasons, Manchester City's performance in the Champions League has improved greatly.
After breaking the spell of the quarter-finals, City are very close to the Big Ears Cup. Overall, Guardiola's promotion of Manchester City is enormous. This is also the reason why many fans hope that Guardiola will continue to coach. And now the City hierarchy wants to convince Guardiola and the team to go on for two more seasons. According to the media, both sides are very interested in signing another contract, and Guardiola himself has given a positive response.
At present, Manchester City is likely to be able to persuade Guardiola to sign another contract extension. As soon as this news was exposed, many Manchester City fans were very happy. After all, being able to confirm Guardiola's contract extension until 2025 at this stage will allow the team to continue to dominate for years to come. If Manchester City wants to complete the transformation of the first-tier giants from a quasi-giant, then the presence of Guardiola is very necessary, and he has the strength to turn Manchester City into a real first-tier giant. At the same time, some insiders said that the reason why Manchester City wanted to let Guardiola continue for another two years was to some extent related to Liverpool.
Liverpool have just officially announced a contract extension with manager Klopp until 2026, and for Manchester City, Liverpool will remain their biggest rival in the Premier League for a few years. If Guardiola were to leave in 2023, there was a good chance the team would lose to Liverpool in the future battle. Therefore, driven by various factors, Manchester City made the decision to continue to renew the contract with Guardiola.
At the same time, the reinforcement plan between Guardiola and the top management is also in full swing. City have already told Haaland and Borussia Dortmund that the £63m severance clause in the player's contract will be sent this summer. In addition to this, City have prepared a £40 million budget to sign a Fernandinho stand-in this summer. Overall, the team's reinforcement plan is still very rational, and after this summer window, Guardiola will usher in a team with a really perfect lineup.
It is foreseeable that the renewal and the reinforcement program will proceed steadily. Manchester City will remain one of the big favourites in the Premier League and the Champions League for the next 5 years, and for other Premier League teams, the Blue Moon's dominance will continue, and if you want to bring them down, you must do better. What do you think about that?