'Nothing is eternal, if it was it would be here' - Guardiola's open letter
[Getty Images] Departing Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has written an open letter to the fans who have supported him through "an unparalleled trophy-laden decade of success". Guardiola will take charge of his final match when Aston Villa travel to Etihad Stadium on Sunday (16:00 BST). In a letter published by Manchester City , Guardiola said: "When I arrived, my first interview was with Noel Gallagher.
I walked out thinking: 'OK, Noel is here? This will be fun' - and what a time we have had together. "Don't ask me the reasons I am leaving.
There is no reason. But deep inside, I know it is my time. Nothing is eternal, if it was it would be here.
"Eternal will be the feeling: the people, the memories, the love I have for my Manchester City. This city is built from work and from graft, you see it in the colour of the bricks, from the people who clock in early and stay late, from the factories, the Pankhurst, the unions, the music, the industrial revolution. "I think I grew to understand that, and my teams did too.
We worked. We suffered. We fought.