With 100 million euros in 3 years, Manchester City offered the highest annual salary in history in order to keep Guardiola, but it may still be rejected

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2024-06-16 23:24Posted in Henan Sports Creators

According to the British Daily Mirror, Manchester City's contract renewal agreement with manager Pep Guardiola has reached a stalemate, and after the club wanted to renew his contract several times in advance, but was politely rejected by Guardiola, Manchester City chairman Mansour will fly from the Middle East to Europe to meet with Guardiola in person.

Since Guardiola left Bayern in 2017 and joined Manchester City, he has won 6 Premier League trophies and 1 Champions League trophy for Manchester City, and last year, he achieved the highest honor at the club level, winning the Champions League, Club World Cup, Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield, and League Cup in 1 year, becoming the greatest coach in Manchester City's history.

Therefore, in the face of the media, the voices of Manchester City's top management are the same, all hoping that he can join hands with the club for more than 10 years, like the city's sworn rival Manchester United, to create a Premier League era that belongs to Manchester City.

In the face of Guardiola's ambiguous attitude, Manchester City chairman Mansour intends to launch two sets of attacks at the same time. The first is the emotional offensive, he will let the club's core players also cooperate with Guardiola to stay, and even do not hesitate to invite Guardiola to his villa in the UK, hoping to make the other party feel his sincerity through family dinners.

The second is the money offensive, with Guardiola currently earning £20 million a year with Manchester City and a contract until 2025. Mansour is ready to significantly increase the current salary, and will not hesitate to use the price of 100 million pounds over three years to reach a new contract with Guardiola until 2027, and at the same time, in terms of transfer funds, Mansour is also as generous as ever, as long as Guardiola stays, he will provide at least 200 million euros of pure cash every year for him to buy players.

However, despite Mansour's preparations for the move to renew Pep Guardiola's contract, the media still found it difficult. The reason is that Guardiola's ambiguous behavior is likely not to come from money or Manchester City's respect for him, but from a 30-year relationship.

Previously, Spain's "World Sports" reported that Barcelona president Joan Laporta has a grand plan to bring Pep Guardiola back to Barcelona in 2025, and in order to realize this plan, Laporta has done three things.

The first is to regret Xavi's decision to renew his contract, those who know the whole picture of this matter should remember that the original renewal of Xavi was also Laporta's warm retention, according to Xavi's original intention, he wanted to leave this summer, let Laporta first retain and then reverse his termination, that is, he through Guardiola's abnormal move of not renewing his contract with Manchester City, smelling the possibility of welcoming back Guardiola in 2025. If Guardiola returns, then the coach Xavi will become a big obstacle, after all, it is unacceptable for a decent person like Guardiola to grab an apprentice's job.

The second is to restructure Barcelona's finances, and the daily sports newspaper believes that by 2025, Barcelona's finances will be able to turn around and achieve profitability. This is because the promotion of NIKE's new contract, as well as Barcelona's stadium reorganization, will end in 2025.

The third is a transfer fund of up to 300 million euros, and Laporta will reopen leverage and raise 300 million cash through financial improvement, so that Guardiola can buy 2-3 world-class players.

For Pep Guardiola, he is already perfect at Manchester City, staying is nothing more than getting a higher salary, winning more trophies, and even if he leaves next season, he will still have the status of the godfather of Manchester City and the love of the fans for a long time.

But coming back to Barça, it means something different, after all, this is where his football career began, where he played, where he won titles, where he coached, where he became a world-class manager.

Emotionally, it is natural for him to choose to return to Barcelona, not to mention, in Barcelona he will also meet the most luxurious Real Madrid in history, such a challenge is also an indescribable temptation for Guardiola, who likes difficulty.

What is certain is that if you want to keep Pep Guardiola, for Manchester City chairman Mansour, these two offensives will not be enough.

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