Pep Guardiola made his decision to leave Manchester City weeks ago and an announcement is now expected imminently, with the Daily Mail reporting that sources inside the club's training ground have confirmed the Spaniard's mind is firmly made up following Saturday's FA Cup final victory over Chelsea at Wembley.
City won the cup 1-0 through Antoine Semenyo's stunning second-half strike, giving Guardiola a 20th major trophy as City manager — and leaving him one victory from a domestic treble if his side can beat Arsenal to the Premier League title in the coming days.
An official City statement on his future is now expected before the end of the season, with a formal farewell planned to honour a decade of extraordinary achievement.
Ten years, twenty trophies
Guardiola arrived at the Etihad in 2016 as the world's most coveted manager and proceeded to transform Manchester City into the dominant force in English football — six Premier League titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups and five League Cups representing a haul that no English club has matched in the same period. He took a club that had never won the Champions League and delivered it in 2023 as part of an historic Treble-winning season. He will be the first City manager in history to have a stand named after him at the Etihad.
Enzo Maresca, Guardiola's former assistant during that 2022-23 Treble season, has an "in-depth package agreed" to succeed him according to multiple sources — a deal that would bring a familiar face and coaching philosophy to the Etihad at a moment of significant squad transition.
Bernardo Silva and John Stones have both confirmed their summer departures, Elliot Anderson is joining from Nottingham Forest, and Rodri's contract situation remains unresolved. Maresca will inherit a club in transition — but one still built on the foundation Guardiola spent a decade constructing.
