Man City offer Guardiola two huge leaving gifts 🩵🥹 | OneFootball

Honors worthy of the legend.

In the wake of the announcement of his departure from Manchester City, Pep Guardiola received one of the greatest honors a football club can offer.

In a statement, Manchester City announced that the newly renovated and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium would be renamed the "Pep Guardiola Stand".

It will also be fully open for the first time this Sunday for the coach’s final match on the Citizens bench.

An absolutely immense tribute to the man who brought 20 trophies to the Skyblues in 10 years, but that’s not all!

The club also announced that a statue honoring the Catalan coach will be erected in front of the stand that bears his name. Quite simply, a legend.

Man City's statement

"Manchester City is delighted to announce that the recently renovated and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will now bear the name ‘Pep Guardiola Stand’.

Fittingly, the stand will be fully open for the first time on the occasion of the manager’s final match in charge of the club, the season finale against Aston Villa this Sunday.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bestowed this prestigious honor in recognition of Pep’s incredible contribution over his ten historic years in charge of the club.

As part of this renaming, a statue of Pep will also be commissioned and installed at the entrance to the Pep Guardiola Stand.

‘I said a long time ago that Manchester City must surround itself with the best people possible, both on and off the pitch. For ten years, Pep has embodied that ambition,’ said His Highness Sheikh Mansour."

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