The reason that could end up deciding Pep Guardiola's departure from Manchester City

Pep Guardiola's future is Manchester City's 'hottest potato'. The Sampedor native's contract with the Manchester team ends at the end of the season and there are still doubts about whether the coach will decide to remain in charge at the Etihad Stadium beyond the summer of 2025. Although, apparently, the Catalan has not yet made a final decision, the club would already be thinking about a future without him in the technical direction.

And it is that from England they assure that the 'skyblue' entity is focused on a project to rejuvenate the squad, and Pep might not be part of it. Although the Premier League champions consider the coach to be the best coach in the world, this new stage would imply a long-term commitment, something that the former FC Barcelona coach would not be willing to assume.

City looking to 'refresh' their legs for next season

The City sports management, now led by Hugo Viana after the departure of Txiki Begiristain, plans to 'refresh' the legs of the team, since more than half of the squad is close to or over 30 years old (De Bruyne, Ederson, Gündogan, Bernardo Silva...) and they need to incorporate 'new blood'. A job that they hope will fall to a younger coach who wants to be involved for years.

According to sources from the club have informed 'FootballTransfers', the Manchester board considers that it is the ideal time to separate their paths with Guardiola and open the door to a new coach who will take on the reconstruction in the future. For that reason, they would be pressuring Pep himself to clarify his future, either with his renewal or with the appointment of his successor, so everything indicates that time is beginning to run against the Sampedor native.