{"id":1117760,"date":"2019-11-30T19:56:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T19:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1117760"},"modified":"2019-11-30T19:56:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T19:56:19","slug":"pep-guardiola-open-longer-manchester-city-stay","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pep-guardiola-open-longer-manchester-city-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola: Now I&#8217;m older, maybe I&#8217;ll stay at Man City for longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hinted that he is open to staying at the Etihad beyond 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old Spanish tactician joined the Premier League outfit in 2016 and has 18 months left on his current deal.<\/p>\n<h2>Guardiola at City: Five key things to know\u2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pep Guardiola joined Man City in 2016 after three successful years at Bayern Munich.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s since gone on to lift two Premier League crowns, averaging 92 points per season before this term.<\/li>\n<li>Under him Man City became the first English team to accumulate 100 points in a top-flight season.<\/li>\n<li>Last season they also became the first English men&#8217;s team to complete a domestic treble.<\/li>\n<li>Guardiola&#8217;s current deal expires in June 2021 but he&#8217;s open to a longer stay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7437001<\/p>\n<p>Since taking charge, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has lifted two league titles with his second part of a historic domestic treble.<\/p>\n<p>Under Guardiola&#8217;s stewardship, City has become the first English club to accumulate 100 points in a top-flight season, but they&#8217;ve yet to crack the Champions League code.<\/p>\n<p>This campaign, if they manage to overhaul Liverpool, will see them match neighbours and city rivals Manchester United by winning three consecutive Premier League crowns.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in Spain and Germany the Catalan coach was renowned for signing one-year deals but, now that he&#8217;s approaching his 50th birthday, Guardiola has admitted he&#8217;s adopted a new perspective.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018De Bruyne?!\u2019 Manchester City fans quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PGx6Im8utU?start=436&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It depends on results, after five years, we&#8217;ll see what happens. I\u2019m open to it, yes. I&#8217;m so comfortable here,&#8221; he told reporters\u00a0when asked if he&#8217;s open to staying longer at Man City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not the same a manager five years as two, everyone is fresh after two. I speak for myself and I want to see my players, the environment, it\u2019s not as simple as seeing the players, how we work together, that\u2019s the most important thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to feel we can still do it together, enjoy it together, when I feel that\u2019s not the case then we\u2019ll talk to the club. I\u2019m older and I have already [managed in] three incredible leagues. It\u2019s different, now I\u2019m more experienced, maybe with the experience I have now I would stay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Still I have 18 months, that\u2019s a lot of time in football, that\u2019s why the club and myself agree, we play tomorrow, do our best and after that we see how everything goes. I trust a lot the club and they trust me. 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