{"id":52558,"date":"2026-05-22T15:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52558"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:18:52","slug":"offical-pep-guardiola-to-leave-manchester-city-at-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/offical-pep-guardiola-to-leave-manchester-city-at-the-end-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Offical: Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City at the end of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> and manager <strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong> have confirmed that the legendary partnership will come to an end after the 2025\/26 season. After 10 remarkable years at the Etihad Stadium, the Spaniard will depart having delivered an unprecedented haul of <strong>20 major trophies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">A Decade of Dominance<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Since arriving from Bayern Munich in 2016, Guardiola transformed Manchester City into a global powerhouse. His tactical brilliance, obsessive attention to detail, and innovative style redefined modern football. Under his leadership, City achieved:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>6 Premier League titles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple FA Cups and League Cups<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 UEFA Champions League<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Domestic Treble success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The 55-year-old leaves behind a legacy of beautiful, attacking football that not only brought silverware but also fundamentally changed the club\u2019s identity and elevated the standards across English football.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Emotional Farewell<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Guardiola has informed the players of his decision, and the club is already preparing for life after the Catalan coach.\u00a0 Fans, players, and pundits are united in celebrating what has been one of the greatest managerial reigns in Premier League history.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">What\u2019s Next for Manchester City?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The club is expected to appoint a high-quality successor, with <strong>Enzo Maresca<\/strong> emerging as the strong favourite. City will aim to maintain their position among Europe\u2019s elite while beginning a new chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City and manager Pep Guardiola have confirmed that the legendary partnership will come to an end after the 2025\/26\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[359],"class_list":["post-52558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-pep-guardiola"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52559,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52558\/revisions\/52559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}