Pep Guardiola to extend Man City contract for another year, until June 2026
Legendary manager to make it 10 years at City, with reports of an option for a further year
Guardiola has won 18 trophies, including six Premier League titles and a Champions League in historic Treble season, in eight years
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Good point Ali, good point.
Maybe we open our debate out to all eras, and all leagues?
I don't think it's too bold to say Pep Guardiola would, at the very least, still get into the top 10 of an all-time manager list.
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Why do you always ask greatest premier league manager, football existed before 92, Brian Clough taking Forest from division 2 to European Cup glory one of the GOAT’s, then you have Bob Paisley another GOAT who won 20 trophies in a 9 year period and they never had billions of pounds at there disposal!
Ali D, London
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Back to Pep Guardiola, I think it's time to get scientific with our Greatness comparisons.
Let's look at some stats.
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Sorry. I'm Simon rather than 'Anon'
Simon, not Anon
Thanks Anon.
Two things. One, remember to leave your name on your messages if you're able.
And two, is it just a straight up debate between Guardiola and Ferguson? Or does anyone think another manager is the Premier League GOAT?
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Sir Alex Ferguson remade his team multiple times and won multiple times. When Pep has been around for long enough to completely change his team and is still winning, then we can talk about 'greatest'
Anon
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Who is the best manager is impossible to say as they all have different resources. Pep is certainly very good, but he's had great resources and a good structure around him. His inability to get the best out of everyone and possibly not maximising a very good academy (which can be seen in the injury crisis) are his weak points. What he's won is still outstanding, by any measure. If he's not the best, he's in the top five.
J (not a City fan)
Image source, Getty ImagesNews out of Italy, Serie A club Genoa have just made Patrick Vieira their new first-team coach.
Vieira, 48, managed Crystal Palace between 2021 and 2023 and left his last club, Strasbourg, by mutual consent in the summer.
Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast
It's something that Manchester City have been working at for quite a while. At the end of last season Pep Guardiola said he was more likely to stay than go, his contract expires at the end of the season and then in the summer he seemed to indicate that he was more minded to stay.
I think Manchester City have kind of been working on that. Guardiola, just before the international break, I actually asked him whether or not he was going to Abu Dhabi because his last two contract extensions had been agreed in November, after trips to Abu Dhabi to see the club's ownership. He was adamant that wasn't the case but he did say, when there is anything to say about the contract, we will say it.
Well, they haven't said it yet, Manchester City, it's probably worth pointing that out. City are not commenting but there's plenty of sources and media outlets, including ourselves, who are pretty convinced that this all has been agreed and that it is just an announcement twe are waiting for now.
Just going back to Tristan's Get Involved.
Is Sir Alex Ferguson Novak Djokovic then, or is that Pep?
Which Premier League manager is Rafa Nadal? Who most reminds you most of Roger Federer?
We need answers.
Good morning!
Two things.
Pep Guardiola has agreed a one-year contract extension, we're reacting to that news.
And Wales fans, we're also after your celebrations after Craig Bellamy's side was promoted to the Nations League League A last night.
And for those BBC Live Text super fans who will be eager for updates, yesterday's live text hero Cold Palmer may be out for the next few matches.
Here's Tuesday morning, and Tuesday night. :(
Image source, Joe, BBC Live Text teamThanks for the message Tristan and happy you've still got snow.
It's all melted away in Salford, you won't be catching us doing a Winter Milan BBC Football Snow XI today.
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These comparisons are a bit of light hearted relief but ultimately pointless. The only measure of success can be results. Hence Djokovic is better than Nadal and Federer. The rest is conjecture.
Tristan. In the snowy Cotswolds.
Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter
Pep Guardiola has signed contract extensions in May 2018, November 2020 and November 2022. Speaking in May after City's historic fourth successive league title, Guardiola said he was "closer to leaving than staying".
Guardiola later said "part of me is leaving" when director of football Txiki Begiristain announced in October that he - a long-time ally - would be moving on from City at the end of the season.
Former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Guardiola said he wanted to be "really convinced" that any extension of his own stay would be "the best for the club".
The uncertainty over Guardiola’s future has been cited by some as a reason for the team's poor form.
There is also no timescale for the outcome of the disciplinary case brought by the Premier League for the 115 charges against City, which the club deny but could bring a huge sanction if guilt is established. Guardiola has continually backed the club and said critics need to wait for the final decision in the case before rushing to condemn.
He is the longest-serving current manager in the Premier League, after Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool in the summer.
Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast
It is quite interesting. It felt to me as though [Manchester City boss] Pep Guardiola was defending the club this year. He's brought up the situation with the charges himself on a couple of occasions when he didn't really need to and he has always been resolute in his defence of the club and insisted that people within the club, who insist that they've done nothing wrong, are telling him what he believes to be the truth.
He will stand by the club and is also warning against a rush to judgement. We don't quite know when this hearing is going to conclude and we don't know when there is going to be a decision.
It would be fairly safe to assume that it will be at some point this season. So yes, he has committed himself beyond the outcome of the hearing, which he and we don't know what that will be.
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People try and make comparisons of who's better. Just enjoy it man, we're lucky to be in this time
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Pep vs Fergie, Messi vs Ronaldo, Scholes vs Gerrard vs Lampard. Does it matter who is THE BEST? Pep is in the top echelons of managers and that is enough. Just enjoy his body of work.
Chris