Guardiola vows to "take a break", Manchester City s term pressure is obvious

Guardiola knows when to stop

Guardiola vows to "take a break" and reveals the pressure on when he will "stop" coaching Manchester City in an interview.

Guardiola has served as Manchester City coach since 2016, coaching a total of 524 games. This is more than twice as many games he coached at Barcelona, ​​who began his coaching career with Barcelona B.

He started playing for Barcelona’s first team in 2008, and his first season was in 2008/09, which means his 16th season as a top coach is coming to an end.

Manchester City has performed poorly this season and is difficult to approach the reputation of the best team in England in the past five years. Their highest ranking may be third, and the lowest ranking may be sixth.

Guardiola told ESPN that when his tenure at City ended (2027), he would not go back directly to management and probably would never do so.

"I want people to remember me the way they want it to," Guardiola told ESPN in Disney+'s second season of Premier League Encounter.

"After the contract with Manchester City, I'm going to retire. I'm sure. I don't know if I'll retire, but I'll take a break. I hope people remember me, I don't know."

All the coaches are eager for victory so that we can have an unforgettable job, but I believe the fans of Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Manchester City are all happy watching my team play. I don't think we should think for the rest of our lives whether we will be remembered.

"After we die, our family will cry for two or three days, and then we will disappear - you will be forgotten. The coach's career is good and bad, and the important thing is that good coaches can be remembered for longer."

I tell you, the most important thing is not how others think of you, after all, we live a good life as players. As a coach, I face new challenges and I don’t know what will happen in the future, but ultimately it doesn’t matter.

It is not clear whether Guardiola plans to rest in 2027 or whether he can be persuaded to renew his contract with Manchester United. Given that he said during his contract renewal in November 2024 that this season felt like the "last season", there is no guarantee that he will stay at Manchester United longer than originally planned.

He had a career break before, resting a year between leaving Barcelona in 2012 and becoming the coach of Bayern Munich the following summer.