Manchester City: Journalist discusses Guradiola and his future

Jordan Jarrett Bryan has been speaking on the latest episode of the Football Writers Podcast, and he has been talking about Pep Guardiola.

Most of the episode was spent on Manchester City and Manchester United after both crashed out of European competition.

This led to Guardiola’s future coming up as a talking point, and Bryan aired his thoughts on the Spaniard.

It seems as if Bryan thinks that Guardiola will want to stay at City and try to win the Champions League, but that won’t happen unless he changes his ways.

He said: “I don’t think he’ll be looking to leave any time soon. I think that he desperately wants to finish the project he was brought in to deliver.

“But it feels like that something has to change. I think there are massive questions that have to be asked about Pep Guardiola this season.

“I think he’s the greatest manager of his generation. I want to put that in context – I think he’s brilliant and amazing. But this season, I think it’s unacceptable to be finishing 18 points behind Liverpool.”

He then went on to express his view on Guardiola and the Champions League.

“They’re not getting knocked out by this year’s Bayern Munich or Barca at their best; they’re losing to teams they should be beating, and I just think that unless he’s prepared to try and find another way to try and win this Champions League, I can’t see it happening.

“I don’t think he will change, therefore, Manchester City have to hope that his way does bring the Champions League at some point.”

TIF Thoughts…

Guardiola, since he took charge of City, has never been past the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and has lost to Tottenham Hotspur, Lyon, Liverpool, and Monaco in the knockout rounds.

He also now has less than a year left on his deal at the Etihad, so could he be looking elsewhere?

It is hard to know, but it is clear that Bryan thinks that Guardiola will be staying with City to try and win the Champions League.