With a new contract and after the international break, Spanish coach Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, will face his guest Tottenham today, Saturday, in the 14th stage of the English Football League, with the aim of ending the series of consecutive losses and temporarily reducing the gap with leaders Liverpool, while Portuguese Ruben Amorim begins his career with neighbor United. Against Ipswich tomorrow, Sunday.
Four consecutive losses in various competitions were suffered by Guardiola, the former coach of Bayern Munich and Barcelona, for the first time in his career. However, on Thursday, he signed a new contract with the club for two years, ending speculation about his future, allowing him to focus on his faltering team.
Guardiola said after renewing his contract: “I felt that I could not leave now. It’s that simple. Don’t ask me why. Perhaps the four defeats were the reason behind this, and I felt that I could not leave.
Guardiola, who was repeatedly asked about his future in recent weeks, continued: “Since the beginning of the season, I have been thinking a lot about this moment. I’ll be honest, I thought (this season) should be the last.”
He added: “But at the same moment as the current situation, and the problems we faced last month, I felt that the time was not yet ripe for me to leave. “I don’t want to let the club down.”
The international break window came at an appropriate time for the Spaniard to rearrange the cards with the return of the main players who missed a number of matches due to injury and affected the results.
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