I can’t remember seeing a football statue that is nice, but it’s always allowed to hope for something good for once when Spanish manager Pep Guaerdiola is to be honoured by the sky blues. – One thing is for sure, he has an enormous register of expressions that are advantageously immortalized.
Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City after ten years as the club’s most successful manager of all time. Now the club has confirmed that the Spaniard will be honoured with his own statue outside the Etihad Stadium.
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After a decade filled with titles, records and historic triumphs, Pep Guardiola is moving on.
On Friday, the English big club presented another tribute to the Spaniard. Manchester City have confirmed that a statue of Guardiola will be erected outside the Etihad Stadium as a permanent reminder of his time at the club.
The announcement comes just hours after City announced that Guardiola is leaving the coaching post after ten years.
The statue will be placed next to the newly expanded north stand, which will also be renamed “The Pep Guardiola Stand”.
“Pep has left an indelible mark on the club’s DNA. A touch that is as much about the way he won as all the trophies he lifted,” says Manchester City’s owner Sheikh Mansour in the club’s official statement.
The club’s chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, believes that the statue will be a way to preserve Guardiola’s legacy for the future.
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“The Pep Guardiola stand and the statue outside it will ensure that his legacy is forever part of this football club, the city of Manchester and English football,” he says.
The newly expanded stand has room for over 7000 new spectators and will be fully opened for the first time in connection with Guardiola’s last game as Manchester City manager – Sunday’s clash against Aston Villa.
