Guardiola To Take Coaching Break After Man City

Pep Guardiola says he will return a break from guidance aft he leaves Manchester City, though he does not cognize erstwhile he will retire.

Guardiola signed a two-year statement hold successful November, extending his enactment astatine nan nine until June 2027.

By that clip nan 54-year-old will person been astatine City for 11 years - he spent 4 years arsenic Barcelona head earlier taking complaint of Bayern Munich for three.

"After my statement pinch City, I'm going to stop. I'm sure," Guardiola told ESPN, external.

"I don't cognize if I'm going to retire, but I'm going to return a break."

Speaking to Sky Sports connected Friday, Guardiola clarified that he won't needfully time off City astatine nan extremity of his existent contract.

"I didn't opportunity I'm leaving now aliases astatine nan extremity of play aliases nan extremity of contract," he said.

"I said erstwhile I decorativeness my clip here, beryllium it one, two, three, four, 5 years, I will return a break.

"I won't discontinue but I will return a break. What I americium saying is erstwhile I americium vanished present I will return a break,"

Guardiola has overseen nan astir successful play successful City's history, pinch his broadside winning six of nan past 9 Premier League titles arsenic good arsenic nan club's first Champions League arsenic portion of a Treble successful 2022-23.

This play City person grounded to scope their erstwhile heights and are presently 4th successful nan array pinch 4 games near to play.

"How I want to beryllium remembered, I don't know," Guardiola said. "I want group to retrieve maine nevertheless they want.

"All coaches want to triumph truthful we tin person a memorable job, but I judge that nan fans of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City had nosy watching my teams play.

"I don't deliberation we should ever unrecorded reasoning astir whether we're going to beryllium remembered.

"When we die, our families outcry for 2 aliases 3 days and past that's it - you're forgotten. In nan careers of coaches, location are bully and bad ones, nan important point is that nan bully ones are remembered for longer."

City could still decorativeness nan play pinch silverware arsenic they look Crystal Palace successful nan FA Cup last connected 17 May.