{"id":244223,"date":"2026-05-19T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/now-is-the-moment-pep-guardiola-dodges-city-exit-talk-pays-tribute-to-arteta-as-title-dream-ends\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T22:43:00","slug":"now-is-the-moment-pep-guardiola-dodges-city-exit-talk-pays-tribute-to-arteta-as-title-dream-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/now-is-the-moment-pep-guardiola-dodges-city-exit-talk-pays-tribute-to-arteta-as-title-dream-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Now is the moment\u2019: Pep Guardiola dodges City exit talk, pays tribute to Arteta as title dream ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pep Guardiola said he would speak to Manchester City\u2019s hierarchy over his future after a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth ended his team\u2019s hopes of winning the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The result at the Vitality Stadium confirmed Arsenal as English champions after a 22-year wait.<\/p>\n

City are four points behind their rivals with just one game remaining and cannot catch them.<\/p>\n

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Widespread reports on Monday said City boss Guardiola would stand down after Sunday\u2019s final Premier League game against Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

The club have yet to respond publicly to the speculation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllow me to talk with my chairman,\u201d Guardiola told the BBC. \u201cI have one more year (of my) contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I finish the season every time we talk about it. I never talk with anyone. First of all, I talk with my chairman and my bosses.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI have from my experience when the boss or manager is anticipating he is leaving — the players don\u2019t follow you any more. You have to lead. Now is the moment to talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Catalan was again asked for clarity in his post-match press conference but instead chose to congratulate Arsenal and their manager Mikel Arteta, who previously worked under him at City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pretty sure it will be special for him (Arteta). He put in a lot of effort and work. Congratulations to him.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c… Congratulations Arsenal, Mikel, staff, backroom staff, fans for the well deserved (title).<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, for my managerial career one of the years we fought the most with incredible things we could not control and we were there. We never gave up.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his future the manager added: \u201cWe will talk in the next days. I always said that when you are fighting for the titles, qualification for the Champions League or Premier Leagues or FA Cups and you decide to go, in the first moment there is a problem the players don\u2019t follow you any more. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to stay there and always when I talk with my chairman and he says what am I going to do, I say let the season go and when it will be over we will talk. But he deserves [to be] the first to talk about what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guardiola said his team had suffered from tiredness, three days after beating Chelsea in the FA Cup final to complete a domestic cup double.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have loved to have arrived in the last moment, you know… but today the fatigue was there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The departure of the City boss would bring to an end one of the most successful managerial reigns in English football history.<\/p>\n

Since the 55-year-old\u2019s appointment in 2016, City have won 20 trophies including six Premier League titles and the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Guardiola\u2019s former assistant Enzo Maresca is understood to have been lined up to replace him, having been out of work since leaving Chelsea at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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