Manchester City Identify Pep Guardiola’s Replacement: Good Pick By The Citizens?

Manchester City Identify Pep Guardiola’s Replacement: Good Pick By The Citizens?

Manchester City Identify Pep Guardiola’s Replacement: Good Pick By The Citizens?

 

Manchester City are keeping tabs on Girona manager Michel as they look to find a successor to Pep Guardiola.

Wansh Agarwal BY WANSH AGARWALMay 30, 2024Reading Time: 3 mins read

Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – MAY 19: Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, looks on prior to the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham United at Etihad Stadium on May 19, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

 

Manchester City have started preparing for life without Pep Guardiola as he is unlikely to extend his contract. The legendary manager’s current contract runs until the end of the 2024-25 season. While there were speculation that he might leave the club following this season, he confirmed his will to fulfill his contract.

 

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Hence, the Citizens should be ready to sign a new manager to fill the highly designated role. According to Fichajes, the English club have identified Girona manager Michel as one of the possible candidates to fill Guardiola’s shoes at Etihad Stadium.

 

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Michel’s stocks have surged

Michel joined Girona ahead of the 2021-22 season and has done wonders since then. He has inspired the Spanish side to set better standards for themselves. Their best performance came this season as they managed to secure a Champions League berth for the next campaign.

 

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Michel, Head Coach of Girona FC

VALENCIA, SPAIN – MAY 19: Michel, Head Coach of Girona FC, looks on prior to the LaLiga EA Sports match between Valencia CF and Girona FC at Estadio Mestalla on May 19, 2024 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)

Under the coaching of Michel, Girona fought for the La Liga title this season. They were a serious threat to the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona throughout. However, a slip-up towards the business end halted their place to the third position in the points table.

 

Is Michel good enough to coach Manchester City?

Pep Guardiola, who arrived at Manchester City in 2016, led his side to six Premier League titles and a Champions League. He is a genius and one of the greatest coaches ever the game has seen. Hence, filling his shoes won’t be as easy as it sounds despite taking over a star-studded group.

 

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Michel has a year left on his contract with Girona and hence, it would be ideal to sign him after the end of the next season. Interestingly, the Spanish side are also owned by the same group as of Citizens, which makes his signing earlier.

 

However, it will highly depend on how the 48-year-old does in the next term. Having no experience of managing a top-tier club could be a hindrance to his appointment.

 

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Manchester United supporters are rejoicing following a 2-1 win against rivals and neighbours Manchester City – but for fans watching the game at FC United it was never in doubt that their team ‘would do them proud’.

 

Reds from all over Greater Manchester gathered together at the FC United ground in Moston to watch today’s game. Just before kick off flares began to turn the air red and white as the 5,000 fans in attendance waited for the referee’s whistle.

 

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After the Garnacho goal in the 30th minute, the fans erupted into joyous and euphoric chants, screams and applause.

 

The screams of joy erupted again only nine minutes later when Mainoo, who has been selected for England’s squad prior to the upcoming Euros this June, made it two. The red side of Manchester could barely contain themselves, with flares and flags flying through the air.

 

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Fans continued to cheer and rally until Jeremy Doku managed to pull one back for the blues in the 81st minute. With seven minutes of added time and the blues piling on the pressure the nerves and tension was palpable with screams of ‘come on!” ringing around the ground.

 

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One life long United fan, Sam, said: “I’m buzzing. We needed this, not only to for a bit of a boost after a rough season but to get into Europe. Yeah, I’m happy. Ten Hag has done his job, we’ve won the game and I’ll start the Euros with a smile on my face.”

 

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Pep Guardiola took responsibility for Manchester City’s Fa Cup final defeat.

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Pep Guardiola took responsibility for Manchester City’s FA Cup final defeat against Manchester United.

 

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The Premier League champions came into the game on the back of a unbeaten run of 35 matches, and closed the league season with nine straight wins, but were far from their best at Wembley. City looked disjointed for long periods of the game, particularly in the first half, and lacked an their usual oppressive hold.

 

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Guardiola made a double change at the break, an indication of how sluggish City were. After the introductions of Manuel Akanji and Jeremy Doku, City were much better. The latter got on the scoresheet, but was enough to overturn United’s first-half strikes from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie.

 

Speaking after the game, Guardiola said it was his tactical approach that cost the side, not the performance of his players. “I think my game plan was not good,” claimed the Catalan.

 

“The second half was much much better. We were more intense, in part because we were 2-0 down and had nothing to lose. It was a tight game.

 

“We gave away the first goal, they made a good transition for the second so credit to United for the second goal. We tried; we had clear chances in the second half which wasn’t easy because they had man marking and defended the pockets. We had the chances and unfortunately we scored a goal a little bit late.

 

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“Maybe it could have been different but the team was there like all the time when we lose. Disappointed today, it’s normal teams can lose finals but this season has been extraordinary fighting for all the trophies in a good way.

 

“For my decisions we were not in the right positions to attack them,” he added. “My mistake, my game plan was not good.

 

“I was not good today,” he added. “You plan a game for different positions but it didn’t work. Even with that, we arrive two or three times in the final third and byline and made nothing from crosses.

 

“They made one goal from one shot and the goal from Mainoo and no more than that. Always when we play against United, we have the control and we created in the second half but we were not able to do it.”

 

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Chris Sutton has said that Manchester City look like a different team when they have one particular player on the pitch.

 

The Blues ended their season by losing the FA Cup final to Manchester United with a scoreline of 2-1.

 

At halftime, City were 2-0 down thanks to goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.

 

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Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live (via BBC Sport), Sutton had this to say about Jeremy Doku and what he did on the pitch in the second half against United.

 

He said: “They are just a totally different team with Doku in it.

 

“He’s been such a threat in the second half and a good battle between him and [Aaron] Wan-Bissaka.”

 

The winger was substituted on at halftime as Pep Guardiola tried to switch things up and see his side come from behind to secure a victory.

 

Doku made a big impact against United

In the first half, City had 74% possession but racked up fewer shots at goal than the Red Devils (5 vs 3).

 

Then in the second half, when they had Doku on for Mateo Kovacic, the Blues had 16 attempts at goal compared to United’s six.

 

In terms of his individual efforts, the Belgian, who City paid £55m to sign last summer, made two key passes and had one shot on target, which ended up being City’s only goal of the game.

 

While it’s clear that the entire team stepped up their attacking efforts from the first half, Doku undeniably had a big impact and did a lot to help his side turn the scoreline around.

 

Now that Sutton has highlighted how different City looked when they had the winger on the pitch, this begs the question of why he didn’t start in the first place.

 

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