Pep Guardiola to Leave Manchester City After 10 Trophy-Rich Years
Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, bringing his 10-year spell to a close after one of the club’s most decorated eras. The manager, 55, departs this summer with one year left on his contract and 20 trophies in hand.
Guardiola’s final City chapter
Guardiola said, “And what a time we have had together,” as he set out his departure. He added, “Don't ask me the reasons I'm leaving. There is no reason, but deep inside, I know it's my time.”
His exit lands after City’s final-day game against Aston Villa on Sunday, ending a run that began when he was appointed in February 2016. In that span, he guided the club to six Premier League titles and a Champions League crown in 2023.
20 trophies and one year left
The scale of the record is the headline itself: 20 trophies across a decade. For City, that haul turns Guardiola’s departure into a major reset, because it closes out a managerial cycle that delivered league control and the club’s biggest European prize.
He framed the period in emotional terms, saying, “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.” Guardiola also said, “We worked. We suffered. We fought. And we did things our own way. Our way.”
City Football Group role
Guardiola will move into a global ambassador role for the City Football Group after he leaves. That role will include technical advice to the clubs in the group and work on specific projects and collaborations, keeping him tied to the wider organization even as his managerial run ends.
His departure comes while Manchester City await the outcome of an investigation into 115 charges of alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules covering 2009 to 2018. The club deny all of the charges, and Guardiola’s exit now gives City another major change to manage alongside that unresolved case.
For City, Sunday becomes the final match of a 10-year Guardiola era, and then the focus turns to who follows him and how much of his structure survives without him on the touchline.
