PEP GUARDIOLA will leave Manchester City at the end of the season according to his former sporting director.
, his 40th trophy as a manager, Pep, 55, will reportedly use the international break to decide on his future.
Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, his former colleague has saidCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Matthias Sammer, Bayern Munich’s sporting director when Pep was in charge, believes he can see signs that a decision has been madeCredit: Getty
The City boss’ contract ends in just over 12 months .
Guardiola has left it late to make calls on extending his stay in before, .
And Matthias Sammer, who was in charge at Bayern Munich for Pep’s three years in , has lifted the lid on the tells he is seeing from the City head coach giving the game away.
Sammer, now at , said on Sky Germany’s Sammer and Basile – the Hagedorn Talk : “I think I understood him quite well with his facial expressions, his gestures, his eyes, and his way of speaking.
“My gut feeling tells me something’s wrong when I look at his face.”
He continued: “When I see your eyes, when I see your face, and in other ways too, you really don’t need to explain to clueless people what you are and who you are, and that you can’t always win.
“I would advise him to take a deep breath.”
Guardiola, who will soon celebrate his 10-year anniversary at City, lifted his FIFTH League Cup at after beating 2-0.
He has seven domestic cup trophies under his belt with City already and is aiming to make it eight with the still to come.
The Spaniard has also won the Premier League six times as well as the .
The pair worked together for three years in BavariaCredit: Bongarts – Getty
The City boss will reportedly make a decision over his future during the international breakCredit: Alamy
He is hoping to add another Prem title to the list as City try and chase down Arsenal in the final two months of the season.
With Bayern he completed the and German Cup double twice under Sammer.
And the 58-year-old admitted: “Well, first of all, I was very happy for him.
“We worked together wonderfully for three years. it was very, very good.”
Guardiola moved from Bavaria to in 2016, the same year Sammer left after four years.
He has since overseen almost 600 competitive matches and broken countless records in England.
with City still in a state of flux, rebuilding the team.
Pep recently appeared to drop a hint that he would be staying, saying: “Next year we’ll be back in the Champions League and we’ll be better. I have that feeling.”
But he then explained: “When I retire in 10 years, I will still say ‘we’ with City and the Champions League, I will say we will be back, because I am part of that.
“Like at and , when I have been there I am part of it.
“I am incredibly attached to this club, this organisation because it has been one decade.
“And when I say ‘we’ it’s because I’m part of that. I’m part of that.”
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