Manchester City are making ready for Pep Guardiola’s exit after Sunday’s Premier League match towards Aston Villa.
Sources have instructed BBC Sport that the managerial nice is predicted to depart Etihad Stadium on the finish of the season.
Metropolis preserve Guardiola has a contract for subsequent season and are hopeful he’ll stay as supervisor.
Nonetheless, work in the direction of his anticipated exit is underneath approach on the membership, with members of employees of the understanding he’ll go away.
It’s understood members of the squad are additionally anticipating his departure after the ultimate sport of the season towards Villa, whereas the membership have turned their attentions in the direction of how greatest to mark the tenure of their iconic boss.
Naming the newly expanded North Stand after their departing supervisor is an possibility the membership are understood to be contemplating.
Former Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca, who labored underneath Guardiola at Metropolis, is the front-runner to exchange the 55-year-old.
Guardiola has led Metropolis to 17 main trophies – and 20 in all – together with six Premier League titles, the Champions League, three FA Cups and 5 EFL Cups throughout his 10 years at Metropolis.
The membership’s biggest boss is extensively considered among the best managers of all time, and will but nonetheless cap his stellar spell at Etihad Stadium with a seventh Premier League title, having already gained the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup this season.
Hypothesis in regards to the supervisor’s future has been rife for months, with the query about his tenure at Manchester City usually developing in information conferences.
He was requested on Friday whether or not the next day’s journey to Wembley for the FA Cup remaining could be his final go to there. “No approach,” he stated, reminding reporters he had “yet another yr” on his contract.
And in a interview with BBC Sport earlier than Saturday’s FA Cup remaining, when requested if he’ll nonetheless be on the membership subsequent season, he replied: “Yeah.”
The ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss added: “I’m right here, I’ve a contract.”
The identical query got here earlier on Monday at a information convention to preview Tuesday’s journey to Bournemouth.
Guardiola was requested about Andoni Iraola’s departure from the Cherries and whether or not he had considered his personal farewell.
He sighed and stated: “Subsequent. So many instances – I’ve yet another yr.”
He was additionally requested in regards to the prospect of the North Stand being named after him.
“No, no, no, no, no, no, I don’t know [about] that,” he stated.
“They do not must do something, actually.”
