What next for Pep? England favourites to appoint Man City legend

Earlier this week, when news leaked that Pep Guardiola would leave Man City at the end of the season, we revealed that England are the favourites to be his next managerial job.

A lot has happened since then, including City's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth, which handed the Premier League title to Arsenal.

The Man City boss, who is currently preparing to take charge of his final game at the Etihad against Aston Villa on Sunday, is 9/43.25 to become the Three Lions' head coach.

In the meantime, here are some of the stats, courtest of Opta, that show what a remarkable job Pep has done in his decade at City. They show why Alan Shearer might be right to say in his Betfair column that Guardiola is the greatest manager we have seen.

With City, Guardiola has a club record 592 games, 416 wins and 16 major trophies. 

During his 10 seasons in the Premier League, Manchester City lifted the trophy on six occasions, including an unprecedented run of four consecutive titles between 2020-21 and 2023-24 - the first time any team had achieved that in top-flight history. Only Sir Alex Ferguson (13 times) has ever won the top-flight more often.

Guardiola holds the all-time record for League Cup victories, winning the trophy five times, one ahead of managerial royalty in Brian Clough, Sir Alex Ferguson and José Mourinho. 

Even though he hasn't lifted the title in the last two seasons, since his first season in charge of a top-flight club in 2008-09, Pep Guardiola has won more top-flight titles across the big-five leagues in Europe (Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A, LaLiga) than any other manager (12).  

Guardiola has the best points-per-game (2.28) of any manager to take charge of 20+ games in the Premier League's history

Two of the three seasons to see a team win the most points in the Premier League have been Guardiola's City side - they won 98 in 2018-19, having won 100 the previous season in 2017-18 and remain the only side to win 100 points in a Premier League season. Over those two consecutive seasons, City were victorious in an incredible 64 out of 76 games (84% win ratio).

Three Lions head the pack for Pep's next stop

England are 2/13.00 to Pep Guaridola's next job after Manchester City confirmed their manager of 10 years will step down at the end of the season.

After months of speculation, Guardiola told his players he was bringing to an end his glorious reign which has seen City win Six Premier League titles, the Champions League, three FA Cups, five EFL Cups, the Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

Enzo Maresca, who worked under Guardiola at City before going on to manage Leciester and Chelsea, is expected to be confirmed as City's next manager.

What's next for Pep Guardiola?

Guardiola is the ultimate professional and his immediate focus is on City's trip to Bournemouth in the Premier League this evening.

He was not planning to announce his departure but news broke on Monday night and he was obliged to tell his players it was true today.

He will be hoping the news give his players extra motivation to win their remaining two games of the season and isn't a distraction which could hand the Premier League title to Arsenal as early as tonight.

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	xGF	xGA	xGD	EXP	FCST
1 Arsenal	38	26	7	5	71	27	85	0	0	0
2 Man City	38	23	9	6	77	35	78	0	0	0
3 Man Utd	38	20	11	7	69	50	71	0	0	0
4 Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	56	49	65	0	0	0
5 Liverpool	38	17	9	12	63	53	60	0	0	0
6 Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	58	54	57	0	0	0
7 Sunderland	38	14	12	12	42	48	54	0	0	0
8 Brighton	38	14	11	13	52	46	53	0	0	0
9 Brentford	38	14	11	13	55	52	53	0	0	0
10 Chelsea	38	14	10	14	58	52	52	0	0	0
11 Fulham	38	15	7	16	47	51	52	0	0	0
12 Newcastle	38	14	7	17	53	55	49	0	0	0
13 Everton	38	13	10	15	47	50	49	0	0	0
14 Leeds	38	11	14	13	49	56	47	0	0	0
15 Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	41	51	45	0	0	0
16 Nottm Forest	38	11	11	16	48	51	44	0	0	0
17 Spurs	38	10	11	17	48	57	41	0	0	0
18 West Ham	38	10	9	19	46	65	39	0	0	0
19 Burnley	38	4	10	24	38	75	22	0	0	0
20 Wolves	38	3	11	24	27	68	20	0	0	0

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City need to win both and hope Arsenal fail to beat Crystal Palace this Sunday on the final day. If things go City's way they will complete a domestic treble.

Guardiola's next job - England, Brazil, back to Barca?

England are the favourites to be Guardiola's next destination but, in Thomas Tuchel, they already have a world-class head coach and their focus is trying to win this summer's World Cup.

Tuchel has signed an extended deal to stay in charge for the 2028 European Championships which will be co-hosted by England.

So if not England where will Pep go next? He could take his pick. But he's entitled to a rest, so may bide his time before returning to football. The last big Premier League manager to leave after a lengthy tenure was Jurgen Klopp two years ago. He hasn't taken up another coaching role yet.

Brazil are 7/24.50 and Argentina 9/110.00 if Pep does fancy international management and the timing isn't right for the England job.

His former clubs, Barcelona 5/16.00 and Bayern Munich 5/16.00, are the shortest price of any clubs in the market.

Would he fancy a crack at winning a third Champions League title with the Camp Nou club where he cut his teeth in coaching?

It remains to be seen but, at 55, he has time to achieve more, even if he does fancy a rest first.

For now, today's news adds a thrilling extra dimension to the end of the Premier League season and it will be fascinating to see how it plays out.

We will have tips for every final day fixture later this week.

Now read Alan Shearer's tribute to Pep