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Rob DawsonCorrespondent
Pep Guardiola is adjacent to agreeing a caller declaration astatine Manchester City with the nine present assured helium volition widen his enactment astatine the Etihad Stadium, sources person told ESPN.
Guardiola, 51, is acceptable to pen a two-year hold that volition support him astatine City until 2025. His existent woody is owed to expire successful June. City person truthful acold refused to comment.
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Sources person told ESPN that City executives jetted to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, successful the days pursuing their past Premier League crippled earlier the World Cup interruption against Brentford.
Guardiola is besides successful the Middle East and attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix connected Sunday. City players not progressive successful the World Cup successful Qatar are owed to get for a lukewarm upwind grooming campy connected Dec. 5.
City, according to sources, person utilized the interruption successful the home run to benignant retired Guardiola's future.
There has been an acceptance astatine the Etihad that if the play restarted without immoderate further clarity past the speculation could perchance go a distraction during the 2nd fractional portion City challenges for 4 trophies.
Guardiola has fixed small distant astir his aboriginal during the archetypal fractional of the season, repeating lone however blessed helium is astatine the nine aft arriving from Bayern Munich successful 2016.
In six years astatine the Etihad, helium has won 4 Premier League titles and 5 different home trophies. City besides reached the Champions League last successful 2021.
After spells successful complaint of Barcelona, Bayern and City, determination has been speculation that Guardiola could look to instrumentality connected a nationalist squad job, but that volition present person to hold until 2025 astatine the earliest.
The adjacent World Cup is owed to instrumentality spot successful the United States, Canada and Mexico successful 2026.