A titanic change is happening in the football manager landscape.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola is stepping away after ten years in charge, as reported in The Athletic:
Pep Guardiola will leave his role as Manchester City manager this summer, ending one of the most successful tenures in Premier League history, with former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca expected to replace him.
Guardiola’s stature in the game is unmatched among his peers and his time in the Premier League has been the defining chapter
of a long and illustrious career. At Bayern, he left a mark. At City, he leaves a legacy.
From a Bayern perspective, the best immediate news is that current coach Vincent Kompany is not, per the report, in line to succeed the man who mentored him during his own playing career. Kompany has been a rousing success in two years in charge, and the Bavarians can thank Guardiola for him — not only for helping Kompany in his path to coaching greatness but for the conversation that reassured Bayern bosses in their decision to hire him. City had been rumored to have Kompany in its sights, but that won’t happen.
Not this year, anyway. How long can Maresca last? How will he shape the new City era? It is not easy to replace greatness and the Italian has flamed out of one Premier League gig already. Guardiola was the kind of manager that always looked like he was playing chess while his opponents were playing checkers. As for Maresca…we will see what kind of opening lines he has prepared this time.
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