With Manchester City fresh off a famous treble, having completed the circuit with the club's first Champions League title, Pep Guardiola has reached new heights at the Premier League club.
Guardiola became the first manager to win a treble with two different clubs, with City's triple now added to his achievement with Barcelona in 2009.
The 52-year-old has become a legend, unquestionably one of the greatest and most accomplished coaches to ever live.
Yet all things must come to an end, and speculation has been rife for years regarding when Guardiola will bring his Man City tenure to a close. Now on the fourth iteration of his contract with the club after joining in 2016, here's the latest on when Guardiola could depart City for yet another new challenge.
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When will Pep Guardiola leave Man City? Latest news, reports
According to reports by The Guardian and ESPN on June 12, Pep Guardiola is expected to depart Man City in the summer of 2025, when his contract expires.
The Catalan will have been at the club for nine years at that point, which is an eternity in today's club football environment.
The ESPN report states that Man City executives are hoping Guardiola changes his mind but would respect his wishes and not push hard if he decides to leave.
Pep Guardiola contract, salary at Man City
When Pep Guardiola first joined Manchester City in the summer of 2016, he signed a three-year contract that many believed he wouldn't stay beyond.
However, after breaking the Premier League points record en route to the title in 2018, he signed a new three-year contract that took him through 2021. Then, in November of 2020 with his deal set to expire in a year, he signed a two-year extension through the end of the 2022/2023 season.
And true to form, in November of 2022, just before the World Cup with a year left on that deal, he signed his current contract, a further two-year extension taking him through the summer of 2025.
According to a report by L'Equipe in early April of 2023, Guardiola earns £19.7 million (€22.6 million / $24.6 million) per year, making him the second-highest paid coach in the world, behind only Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid.
Who could replace Pep Guardiola at Man City?
With Guardiola's departure from Man City still likely years away, it's almost impossible to speculate who could follow the legendary boss at the helm of England's most dominant club of the past decade.
Still, there are names most often thrown around for top European jobs that could be on the lookout for this role, and who might already be looking ahead hoping to make themselves available.
France legend Zinedine Zidane is without a job, keeping his options open for a top role and reportedly turning down a host of offers over the past two years. Julian Nagelsmann is reportedly heading to Paris Saint-Germain as the French club's next boss, but history tells us that PSG managers don't last long, and he could be an option should Guardiola leave in the near future.
If Jurgen Klopp is looking for a new challenge after Liverpool, he could make the switch for a job that would see him remain at one of Europe's top competitors, although the recent rivalry between the Reds and City make that a far more difficult scenario to imagine than it might have been in the past. An up-and-coming option could be Vincent Kompany, who just secured promotion with Burnley and is a former Man City player and Guardiola disciple, but there's a long way to go for him to make such a step up. Mikel Arteta is another former Guardiola student who could be an option, but he seems entrenched at his former club Arsenal.
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Pep Guardiola next club, team
Like speculating on who could replace Pep Guardiola at Man City when he does eventually decide to leave, tabbing his next destination is equally foolhardy. Yet there are still options out there for Guardiola to consider.
According to the ESPN report, Guardiola is thought to be considering two options as a new challenge that he has yet to tackle in his career.
First, Guardiola has never managed in Italy, and having already won league titles in Spain, Germany, and England, plus Champions League crowns with clubs from two of those three countries, he could look to find an Italian club to experience something new and add to his glittering resume.
The other option Guardiola is reportedly entertaining is to manage a national team, something he has yet to do in his career. He has often been linked with the Brazil job.
