Pep Guardiola to Leave Manchester City This Summer

Manchester City announced on Friday that Pep Guardiola will leave the club this summer after ten seasons. The club stated Guardiola will immediately become a global ambassador at City Football Group. His duties will include giving technical advice to clubs in the group, one of which is New York City FC of Major League Soccer.

Guardiola said on Friday he plans to take time away from coaching. "I need to breathe a little bit and relax. I will be out for a while," he said. The announcement comes after Guardiola and Lionel Messi worked together at Barcelona. Messi joined Inter Miami of MLS in 2023.

FC is scheduled to move into a new soccer-specific stadium at Willets Point in Queens. Guardiola previously lived in New York during a year-long break after leaving Barcelona in 2012. Guardiola has been linked in the past to the United States men's national team job, though he has not confirmed interest in returning to day-to-day coaching.