Manchester City announce permanent tributes to Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium

Manchester City announce permanent tributes to Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City after 10 years following Sunday’s Premier League finale against Aston Villa. City are expected to announce Enzo Maresca as his replacement following informal discussions throughout winter. Manchester City have now unveiled two permanent tributes to their legendary manager in a statement.

Manchester City have confirmed two permanent tributes to their legendary manager Pep Guardiola, in light of his confirmed exit from the club this summer. After a flurry of media reports throughout the week, Manchester City formally announced that Guardiola would step down as their Manager this summer, leaving the club with 20 major trophies in his decade with the organisation. Alongside the confirmation, City also revealed that despite Guardiola departing from his role as manager, he would continue his relationship with the City Football Group .

The 55-year-old is now set to take up a role as a Global Ambassador within the CFG, in a position that will “see him giving technical advice to the clubs in the group, working on specific projects and collaborations”. With supporters also speculating what lasting tributes the club could unveil to mark the greatest manager in Manchester City’s history, a further statement has been issued on Friday afternoon. Manchester City unveil permanent tributes to Guardiola As confirmed by Manchester City , the newly-developed and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will be named ‘The Pep Guardiola Stand’ – fully open for the first time for his final game in charge at the Club against Aston Villa on Sunday.

It is confirmed that the club’s owner, His Highness Sheikh Mansour , has bestowed the honour in recognition of Guardiola’s contributions to the organisation throughout his 10-year stay at the Etihad Stadium. Alongside the renaming of the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City have also announced that a statue of Guardiola will be commissioned, and feature on the approach to The Pep Guardiola Stand. Man City officials react to Etihad Stadium alterations Speaking on the decision to rename the new North Stand after Guardiola, the club’s chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said, “The Pep Guardiola Stand, and the statue that will sit outside it, rightly ensure that Pep’s legacy will remain forever woven into the fabric of this football club, the city of Manchester and English football.