Huge Pep Guardiola future claim as first Man City summer transfer complete

The 2023/24 season is over for Manchester City, and while it may have ended with disappointment in the FA Cup final, there was still plenty to celebrate.

And that is what the club did on Sunday evening, parading the Premier League trophy through the streets of Manchester after lifting it for a record fourth year in a row a week before. The players and the staff will now have some time to reflect on the season that’s just gone.

But work will be going on behind the scenes, especially regarding transfers. The summer window means that players will be linked and talk over who may come and go have already started.

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With that in mind, here is a look at the latest news from around the Etihad Stadium. We have also added our own perspective.

Pep Guardiola is expected to leave Manchester City at the end of his current contract after next season, according to the Daily Mail. The report says that the manager will be given time to make the decision, with the club wanting him to extend his contract.

But it adds that the feeling around the club’s hierarchy is that he will leave at the end of the 2023/25 campaign. City may already have potential successors in mind with Girona’s Michel and Xabi Alonso, two names mentioned.

Since he arrived at the Etihad Stadium in 2016, Guardiola has led City to 14 domestic trophies and one Champions League. Including six Premier League titles.

MENSport says: Guardiola has left his future open with his answer to direct questions over the subject over the last few days and weeks. If he was to leave at