Pep on City: Barça, Madrid would have sacked me

Pep Guardiola has said helium would person been sacked by Barcelona oregon Real Madrid if helium encountered akin struggles to those helium faced astatine Manchester City this season.

City endured their worst run since Guardiola's archetypal successful complaint successful 2024-25, with the reigning four-time Premier League champions finishing 3rd successful the array and 13 points down Liverpool. Guardiola's broadside were besides knocked retired aboriginal successful some the Champions League and Carabao Cup, and were shocked successful the FA Cup final by Crystal Palace.

City's toughest spell was betwixt the extremity of October and the mediate of December -- erstwhile they mislaid 9 times successful 13 games -- but the nine kept religion and adjacent signed Guardiola to a caller contract successful November.

The erstwhile Barcelona brag believes LaLiga clubs would not person had the aforesaid patience with him.

"With the twelvemonth we've had, if this were Spain, I wouldn't beryllium coaching successful October, November oregon December," Guardiola told DAZN. "If this were Barça oregon Madrid, they would person sacked me.

"But present it wasn't adjacent a question. You person to person a small much patience."

Guardiola cited Carlo Ancelotti, who left Madrid for the Brazil nationalist squad a twelvemonth aft a momentous treble, arsenic evidence.

"Look astatine Carlo Ancelotti," helium added. "He won the Champions League and LaLiga 4 days agone and present he's disconnected to manager successful Brazil."

Madrid person hired Xabi Alonso arsenic Ancelotti's replacement aft a disappointing defence of their LaLiga and Champions League titles.

City person already backed Guardiola successful the transportation marketplace up of adjacent season, completing the signings of Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders.

Both Madrid and City volition beryllium successful enactment astatine the Club World Cup, which starts connected Saturday.