Pep Guardiola, Bayern Munich manager, has not accepted any “verbal agreement” to become head coach of Manchester City as of next season, according to sports website Goal.
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But when Basler says he enjoys watching Pep Guardiola’s men kick the ball about, he means it. “If he is available, Bayern have to react”. He would bring his fantastic touch of football.
Guardiola has been at the helm of the Bavarian giants since the summer of 2013 and has guided them to successive Bundesliga titles as well as a triumphant DFB Pokal campaign thus far.
Mundo Deportivo reported that Guardiola, who has won the Bundesliga twice in two seasons and has Bayern top by seven points again after winning eight times in eight matches, has given his word to City director of football Txiki Begiristain, a former Barcelona employee. While Bayern seem determined to keep Guardiola on the payroll with the offer of a lucrative contract extension, the 44-year-old has kept his cards close to his chest and refused to comment on his long-term future.
This, despite the fact that Manuel Pellegrini’s City now lead the Premier League.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich chairman declared that the former Barcelona boss is a good coach and he is confident he will stay at Allianz.
“I am realistic and realise that there is a long list for such jobs”, he said.
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Gabriel and Per Mertesacker were both excellent against United last weekend but Koscielny is our best centre-back so his return would give us a big boost, and lets face it, we need all the help we can get to try and stop the likes of Lewandowski, Muller, etc.
