‘We have done it for all of you’: Guardiola’s message to Man City fans as exit confirmed

ABU DHABI: Manchester City have officially confirmed that Pep Guardiola will step down from his role as manager this summer. 

The Catalan, who joined City in 2016, will depart as the club’s most successful manager after an amazing decade of success at the Etihad Stadium, winning 20 trophies.

Manchester City’s chairman, Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, said: “Over the last 10 years honesty and trust have formed the bedrock on which we have navigated every situation together with Pep — always understanding that we could find the right answer together. Today the right answer is for Pep to finish his journey as the manager of Manchester City.

Despite his departure, Guardiola will continue his relationship with City Football Group, by taking up a role as a global ambassador. The role will see him giving technical advice to the clubs in the group, working on specific projects and collaborations.

Guardiola said in a video message announcing his departure: “When I arrived, my first interview was with Noel Gallagher. I walked out thinking, ‘Okay … Noel is here? This will be fun.’

“And what a time we have had together. Don’t ask me the reasons I’m leaving. There is no reason, but deep inside, I know it’s my time. Nothing is eternal, if it was, I would be here. Eternal will be the feeling, the people, the memories, the love I have for my Manchester City.

“This is a city built from work. From graft. You see it in the colour of the bricks. From people who clocked in early, stayed late. The factories. The Pankhursts. The unions. The music. Simply the Industrial Revolution and how this changed the world. And I think I grew to understand that, and my teams did too.

“We worked. We suffered. We fought. And we did things our own way. Our way,”