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Man City's two huge gifts to Guardiola for his exit 🩵🥹

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Honors worthy of the legend.Following the announcement of his departure from Manchester City, Pep Guardiola received one of the greatest honors a football club can offer.In an official statement, Manc...

Man City's two huge gifts to Guardiola for his exit 🩵🥹 Honors worthy of the legend. Following the announcement of his departure from Manchester City, Pep Guardiola received one of the greatest honors a football club can offer. In an official statement, Manchester City announced that its newly renovated and expanded North Stand would be renamed the "Pep Guardiola Stand".

It will also be fully opened for the first time this Sunday for the coach’s final match on the Citizens bench. An absolutely massive tribute to the man who brought 20 trophies to the Skyblues in 10 years, but that’s not all! The club also announced that a statue honoring the Catalan manager will be erected in front of the stand bearing his name.

Simply a legend. Man City's statement "Manchester City is delighted to announce that the recently renovated and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will now bear the name of the ‘Pep Guardiola Stand’. Fittingly, the stand will be fully open for the first time on the occasion of the manager’s final match in charge of the club, the season finale against Aston Villa this Sunday.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour has bestowed this prestigious honor in recognition of Pep’s incredible contribution over his historic ten years in charge of the club. As part of this renaming, a statue of Pep will also be commissioned and installed at the entrance to the Pep Guardiola Stand. ‘I said a long time ago that Manchester City must surround itself with the very best people possible, both on and off the pitch.