Pep Guardiola will he leave Manchester City at the end of the season? This is the question that many supporters of the Cityzens but also of Barça ask themselves, a few weeks before the final decision of the Sports Arbitral Tribunal. Last February, Manchester City filed an appeal before the CAS, after the announcement of their exclusion from European competitions for two seasons by UEFA for breach of the rules of financial fair play.
Faced with this context and facing the current sports difficulties of the club, the leaders of FC Barcelona would consider bringing Pep Guardiola back to Barça, according to the British daily Daily Express. An option still far away, hanging from the fate of the Skyblues in front of the CAS.
If the English club, which failed to validate again the title of champion of England against Liverpool, is excluded from European competitions next season, the Blaugrana could consider bringing back Pep Guardiola, eight years after his departure . The results of Quique Setién are for the moment unconvincing and tensions would be felt in the locker room, according to the Spanish press. Since the departure of Pep Guardiola, the Barcelonians have won the Champions League only once, in 2015.
Guardiola feels good in Manchester City
Arriving in 2016 in City to succeed Manuel Pellegrini, Pep Guardiola allowed the club to win eight titles in four years, including twice the Premier League. The leaders of the Cityzens would like to extend the Spanish technician by 49 years, who is at the end of the contract in June 2021.
A meeting is expected to take place by the end of the season to discuss an extension. In February, after the announcement of the exclusion of the Skyblues from the European cups by UEFA, the president of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu had congratulated the decision of the body of European football. Pep Guardiola then delivered a scathing response: “If they don’t fire me, I will stay here 100%, more than ever. And first of all because I want to stay. There is something special (between him and the club, note), more than my simple contract (…) Since I said that I like the club, that I like here, why leave? Whatever happens, I will be there next season. “
CAS decision expected in July
It is during the first half of July that the Sports Arbitral Tribunal will confirm or not the exclusion of Manchester City for two years from the European cups. The financial losses incurred by an absence from the European scene would greatly exceed 100 million euros per year and would not be without consequences for the lifestyle of the English club.
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