Manchester City club announced the extension of the contract with its coach Pep Guardiola for a period of two years until the end of the 2022-2023 season, in a final attempt to win the Champions League football after the inclusion of Argentine star Lionel Messi.
Spaniard Guardiola led City to win the Premier League title twice, in addition to winning the FA Cup once, and the League Cup three times since his arrival in 2016.
The journey continues…
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- PepTeam (@PepTeam) November 19, 2020
The British newspaper "THE SUN" reported that Guardiola and his club management will continue their efforts to include Barcelona captain Messi, whose contract with his club expires next summer.
In addition to the commercial and public gains that Manchester City will gain from joining Messi, Guardiola, who coached the Argentine star in Barcelona, wants to benefit from Messi's accumulated experience in helping him win the Champions League title, which he dreams of achieving with City, especially as it is the team's first goal now. .
We have Guardiola
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- Manchester City (@Cityarabia) November 19, 2020
And Guardiola's 5-year presence at City is his longest in a single team since his career began in 2008.
Guardiola (49 years) began his career with Barcelona, captained the team during the period 2008-2012, and spent 3 years coaching Bayern Munich before moving to City.
"Since my arrival in Manchester City, I have felt very welcome at the club and in the city itself," Guardiola said.
"Since then we have achieved a great goal together, scored goals, and won matches and tournaments, and we are all very proud of this success," he added.
Under Guardiola's leadership, City became the first Premier League club to score 100 points in a single season, when it achieved this feat in the 2017-2018 season.
City successfully defended the title the following season, becoming the first team in 10 years to win the Premier League title twice in a row.
This season, City is in tenth place with 12 points from 7 games, 6 points behind leaders Leicester, and Guardiola's team has one game postponed.
City will play second-placed Tottenham Hotspur next Saturday.