PEP GUARDIOLA has been urged to QUIT Manchester City and seek a new project.
The Spanish manager has enjoyed great success at the Etihad with multiple Premier League titles and a Champions League trophy.
GettyPep Guardiola’s contract at Man City expires in 2027[/caption]
AlamyCarles Planchart has urged Guardiola to quit the club[/caption]
Guardiola’s side has struggled since the start of the 2024/25 season to match their usual world-class standards.
The Cityzens fell to a third-place finish last term – 13 points short of Champions Liverpool.
Their points tally of 71 was also TWENTY short of their 91-point finish in the 2023/24 title-winning campaign.
The slowing down of performance has led to some questioning Guardiola’s future in Manchester.
His former performance analyst, Carles Planchart, believes the manager needs to “regenerate” himself.
The pair worked together in spells at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man City.
Planchart left the Etihad and his role last season but has now insisted that Guardiola should follow suit.
He told SPORT: “It’s a personal decision he’ll have to make. I think a project should last five or six years, no more.
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“But not for him, for everyone. Afterwards, you have to regenerate.
“As a friend, I would tell him to look for a new project because he still has a long way to go.
“This is why he’s been at City for so many years: they’ve treated us like family, they’ve let us work as if we were at home.
“He didn’t feel that way at Barca or Bayern.
“He’s a football fanatic. His life is on the green, on the grass.
“He’s a genius, a creator. His greatest strength is how he invents football.
GettyGuardiola has won multiple titles at Man City[/caption]
“The difficult thing in this life is creating; the rest of us are copycats. He’s number one at this.”
Guardiola’s contract at Man City expires in 2027 and he has previously revealed that he could have a break of up to “15 years”.
Planchart believes that the club’s drop in performance level can be put down to a “lack” of energy.
He added: “Sometimes you lack energy, and when you get into a bad dynamic, it’s hard.
“In football, you always have to be at 100 per cent. We had injuries, people were at the end of their careers.
“There was a drop in performance, even among the staff.
“The lack of energy forced us to fight just to get into the Champions League, and it was an achievement.
“We also lost the cup final; it was punishment for a poor season.”
Guardiola’s record at Man City
Here is a look at Pep Guardiola’s record since taking over at the Etihad in 2016…
MATCH RECORD
Games: 543
Wins: 389
Draws: 69
Losses: 85
Goals scored: 1,354
Goals conceded: 511
HONOURS
Premier League:
2017–18
2018–19
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
FA Cup:
2018–19
2022–23
EFL Cup:
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
FA Community Shield:
2018
2019
2024
Uefa Champions League:
2022–23
UEFA Super Cup:
2023
FIFA Club World Cup:
2023
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