Pep Guardiola says he will take a break from football when he leaves Manchester City, but I do not know if he will withdraw from the game.

The 54-year-old signed an extension of the two-year contract in November, holding it in Etihad until June 2027, which would be 11 years after he joined the club.

By now the longest training magic of his career – he spent four years in Barcelonato whom he also played, and three on top of Bayern Munich.

Catalans has run an unprecedented period of success for citybringing them to six Premier League titles and giving a first wreath of the Champions League as part of a triple in 2022/23, but this season has been difficult.

“After my contract with City, I will stop. I am sure,” Guardian told Espn. “I don’t know if I will retire, but I’ll take a break. How I want to remember, I don’t know.

“All coaches want to win, so we can have a memorable job, but I believe Barcelona’s fans, Bayern Munich and City have fun seeing my teams play.

“When we die, our families cry for two or three days and then that’s it – you’re forgotten. In the career of coaches, there are good and bad, the important thing is to remember the best for longer.”

The city of the fourth country, who play wolves on FridayThey were the favorites to complete a fifth direct Premier League title this season, but suffered a dramatic decline.

With four matches in the league of the season to go they are 21 points after champions Liverpool and ended in a fight to qualify for the Champions League next season.

Guardiola, whose team is switching to a third consecutive final of the FA Cup, against CrystalHe said he had been a “brilliant lesson” season and he had not expected the city’s fall to be so steep.

“I knew there would be a moment when we fall, but we fell too,” He said. “We didn’t expect to be so far. But we can’t get them all.

“What we did for 10, nine years was extraordinary, but now we have to sit down and learn to try to figure out what to produce in the future.”

Guardiola said in December that he would not “get another team” after leaving the city, though he left open the opportunity to become a national coach.