Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has accepted the offer from the club to remain in charge of the Premier League champions for at least one more year. According to The Athletic, it’s an initial one-year contract with an option to extend until June 2025 if both parties decide so.So, either party could choose to end it sooner if they wanted. The structure is the same as the contract he signed in November 2020.Pep Guardiola has agreed a new deal with Manchester City until 2025, per @David_Ornstein pic.twitter.com/K3X830csWK— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 22, 2022 The latest development in the blue half of Manchester suggests that Guardiola has changed his mind about his career. Even though he had previously declared that staying beyond 2023 makes no sense, he’s now apparently come around and realized that the stability at his current club makes his job much easier.”Would I stay in another place for seven years? No, I don’t think so. It is difficult to find what I have here as a manager. To be a manager for a long time you need to be so supported. The results help a lot, that is undeniable. In this world they sack you, they fire you, we know that. But, at big clubs, part of the success of the manager is the chairman, the sporting director especially, the CEOs and all the people here at Manchester City. It goes to the media, fans and players. There is stability. This is why I think only in few clubs this can happen.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6834205##The 51-year-old former Bayern and Barcelona coach joined Manchester City in 2016 and has since won four Premier League titles, one FA Cup and four League Cups. City have made a strong start to the current campaign. Guardiola’s side sit second in the Premier League table, five points behind league leaders Arsenal.They have qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League – they take on Bundesliga side RB Leipzig in the round of 16 – and are through to the fourth round of the EFL Cup after beating Chelsea.The news is expected to be officially confirmed by the club soon.
