Report: Guardiola considering Man City contract extension

Pep Guardiola is contemplating a one-year extension with Manchester Metropolis regardless of being supplied the possibility to teach England, The Telegraph’s Jason Burt stories.

If Guardiola stays at Metropolis till the top of subsequent season, he’ll full a decade on the membership. He reportedly likes the thought of ending his tenure after 10 years.

Whereas the English FA approached Guardiola’s camp as early as August about changing Gareth Southgate as England’s subsequent supervisor, it has little hope of really appointing him, based on The Guardian’s David Hytner and Jacob Steinberg.

Burt provides that Guardiola might spurn either side and take a sabbatical when his contract with Metropolis expires in June. Guardiola took a yr off and moved to New York after leaving Barcelona in 2012.

The 53-year-old saved his choices open when discussing his future throughout an look on Italian TV.

“Leaving Metropolis? It is not true. I have not determined but,” he mentioned Sunday. “And it isn’t even true that I would be the subsequent England coach. If I had determined, I might say it … I do not know, both. Something can occur.”

Lee Carsley – who’s served as interim supervisor of the nationwide workforce since Southgate stepped down in August – is now not into consideration for the position, based on Hytner and Steinberg. Former Chelsea managers Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter and Newcastle boss Eddie Howe reportedly sit alongside Guardiola on the FA’s brief record.

Carsley drew widespread criticism for trialing a workforce with out a outlined striker in Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Greece within the Nations League. England beat Finland 3-1 three days later, however Carsley appeared to defer curiosity within the job, saying the workforce deserves a “world-class” coach and that he is “nonetheless on the trail” to turning into one.