Pep Guardiola Confirms Manchester City As Last Club He Will Coach

Pep Guardiola has announced that Manchester City will be his final management post.

Pep Guardiola has been in command of City for eight and a half years, winning six Premier League titles and countless other trophies.

He recently signed a new contract until 2027, allowing him to spend more time with the four-time Premier League champions during the last decade.

Guardiola gave an exclusive chat with Spanish chef Dani Garcia and indicated that he will not coach any other teams after leaving City.

“I’m not going to manage another team,” he said. “I’m not talking about the long-term future but what I’m not going to do is leave Man City, go to another country, and do the same thing as now.

“I should stop, like these chefs that go to other countries, stop and see what we’ve done well and what we could do better and when you’re busy all day, day after day you don’t have time to do that.

“I want to leave it and go and play golf but I can’t. I think stopping would do me good.”

Guardiola continued by talking candidly with Garcia about his future plans after he retires from coaching.

He said: “I’m still young and when I stop, there are several things I want to do.

“One of them is to learn French, dedicate my free time to myself so I can play golf and then begin to learn how to cook simple things.”

Meanwhile, City lost more points in the title chase on Saturday when they were beaten to a 2-2 draw by Crystal Palace.

And the 53-year-old confessed it’s difficult to deal with when his team is struggling for positive outcomes.

“The starting point with coping with the problems of defeat would be being with people, your family basically,” he said.

“But no one can really console the loneliness of the football manager. You have people beside you but the bad decisions, why have I done that, it’s gone wrong because I did this, I didn’t push them enough….the pain of the defeat, you feel it alone.

“You might have friends around you, but when you close that bedroom door and turn off the light there’s no consolation.

“You have to let one or two days pass and then start again. Golf helps me. One of the best therapies I have is when the Augusta Masters or one of the major tournaments comes round from Thursday to Sunday and I prepare my matches at home or here in Tast (Guardiola’s Spanish restaurant in Manchester).

“I look at our rival and the images I want to take but always with the golf on in the background.”