Pep Guardiola made his mind up on Manchester City future ‘some weeks ago’ insists source | OneFootball

Manchester City fans should prepare to bid farewell to manager Pep Guardiola this summer after an incredible decade of success, insists a new report.

The latest details emerge off the back of a euphoric weekend at Wembley Stadium for the club as City clinched another domestic cup double courtesy of Antoine Semenyo’s second-half strike to secure a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup Final.

That win at the national stadium also followed Pep Guardiola publicly snapping back at exit rumours, stating “no way” when asked whether the weekend would be his final visit to Wembley as Manchester City manager.

However, behind closed doors, a significantly more definitive timeline is seemingly playing out while the first-team attempts to block out such noise to focus on the final week of a gruelling Premier League title race against Arsenal.

CFA insiders insist on Pep Guardiola departure

According to MailSport’s Jack Gaughan, ‘those inside’ Manchester City’s City Football Academy training ground – who are said to be ‘with him every day’ – state that Pep Guardiola is leaving the club this summer, and ‘made up his mind some weeks ago’.

Those same figures state that any accuracy to rumours around the Etihad Stadium’s corporate boxes during the midweek win over Crystal Palace that Guardiola is ready for a dramatic U-turn to that stance is ‘news to them’.

It is further suggested that official communication on the imminent exit is ‘a matter of days’ away, while ‘significant changes’ are also coming to the club’s backroom staff – beyond the departing Lorenzo Buenaventura and goalkeeping coach Xabi Mancisidor.

A summer of coaching transition at Manchester City

The scope of a potential backroom exodus perhaps highlights just how clean of a break Manchester City may face this summer, with the likely arrival of Enzo Maresca in the event of a Guardiola exit set to see the Italian tasked with building an entirely new setup.

With a vital midweek trip to face Andoni Iraola’s high-flying Bournemouth up next, Pep Guardiola will desperately want such internal decisions to remain sealed away from the pitch despite noise emanating from the press.

The primary goal remains ensuring that Manchester City take the Premier League title race down to the final day, giving them opportunity to claim the top-flight crown through a favour from Crystal Palace by defeating Bournemouth and Aston Villa this week.