Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, has stated that if he had suffered through a similarly disastrous season, either Barcelona or Real Madrid would have fired him. The 2024–25 season was City’s weakest since Guardiola took over.
Liverpool won the Premier League, with the defending champions Liverpool finishing second, 13 points behind.
Both the Champions League and the Carabao Cup were eliminated from Guardiola’s squad early on.
Crystal Palace surprised them in the FA Cup final. But in November, City offered Guardiola a new deal.
The ex-manager of Barcelona has now come clean about the fact that the major clubs in La Liga would not have been patient with him.
“If this were Spain, I wouldn’t be coaching in October, November or December, given the year we’ve had,” Guardiola told DAZN.
I would still be on the job if this had been Madrid or Barça. It wasn’t even a question here, though. Put some extra patience into it.