Pep Guardiola plans to end Manchester City stay in two years when deal expires

Manager will have spent nine years at City when deal finishes.

REUNITED: Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, kisses the UEFA Champions League trophy.  Picture: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Pep Guardiola is firmly minded to leave Manchester City in two years when his contract expires. The manager, fresh from leading City to the treble, has all but decided that he will depart in summer 2025 and end his tenure after nine years.

Guardiola signed a new deal in November, a decision that had been in the balance and which his inner circle were unsure would happen. When the Catalan arrived at City in summer 2016 there was a strong expectation that he would not extend his stay beyond the three-year term he agreed then.