"If Pep Guardiola knows he's leaving Manchester City at the end of the season, he's not telling. High-level sources at the Etihad Stadium are well aware of the intense speculation that we could now be in the Guardiola end-game and that the 55-year-old is considering -- if not yet fully committed to -- ending his time as manager in the summer. But even they insist they don't know for sure."
"Sources close to SEG, the agency which works with Guardiola's representatives -- led by his brother, Pere -- say that anything to do with the Catalan coach's future is heavily protected and that this is no different. There is, though, a whirl of rumour -- mostly generated by chatter between rival executives, agents and players -- that he's close to calling time."
"Guardiola still has 16 months left to run on the contract he signed in November 2024. But it has already reached the stage where it would surprise nobody at City if he decided to end the agreement a year early in the summer of 2026. There have been few things over the last nine-and-a-half years that have annoyed Guardiola more than questions about his future."
Intense speculation surrounds Pep Guardiola potentially ending his time as Manchester City manager in summer 2026, though club sources say no definitive decision is known. Insiders close to SEG emphasize that details of Guardiola's future are tightly protected, while rumours circulate among rival executives, agents and players. Guardiola still holds a contract signed in November 2024 that runs beyond 2026, but many at the club would not be surprised by an early exit. Guardiola dislikes future-focused questioning, viewing external noise as a distraction, and his last extension surprised some by spanning two years.
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