New Man City manager to be announced ‘very soon’ | OneFootball

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has revealed that Pep Guardiola’s successor will be named ‘very soon’.

Guardiola leaves Manchester after enjoying an unprecedented period of success across the past decade. The Blues lifted 20 trophies in ten years with the Catalan in charge.

Guardiola’s former assistant and former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is expected to take over at the Etihad.

“I think what I can say at the moment is we’ve gone through a very thoughtful and structured process,” insisted Al Mubarak in an interview with the club. “The team is convinced and I am convinced, rest assured – that we will bring in the right manager for this club.”

“Just be patient with us. Very soon we’ll announce it and you will be very comfortable that we have selected and brought in the best manager possible for this club.”

City’s chairman continued: “We are far from peaked. This is a Club that is designed, built to win. We are used to it because it’s in our DNA, winning.

“Pep came in, and it was getting that mindset, that DNA of a winning club. And now, this club is the way we all know it right now. What Pep has given us, has taken us to the next level. I think we’re so thankful for what he’s helped build here.

“Winning is hard, it’s not easy. It’s a lot of hard work, and it’s a lot of hard work by a collective.

“We continue. In every aspect it’s different because it’s different players. But the success will come because I think we do a very good job in maintaining a winning mindset.

“Hence, when you look at our records in English football over these last 18 years, Manchester City is the most successful club in this country.

“I think top down, Sheikh Mansour, myself, Ferran (Soriano) and then the whole organisation, we have a team. And that team is a winning team. And that team will continue.

“There will be players, there will be coaches, there will be executives, that’s part of life, but we will keep going and we will continue to deliver.”