Premier League - Paper Round: Man City's £100m offer to Guardiola

Premier League - Paper Round: Man City's £100m offer to Guardiola

Manchester City are preparing a £100m package to recruit Pep Guardiola as their next manager, according to the papers

Manchester City make £100m Pep offer – The Sun carries the big story that Manchester City are determined to land Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola at the end of the season and have prepared a £20m per year contract in order to tempt him to England. “Etihad chiefs are ready to give him the most lucrative deal in history, worth £20m a season over five years, with the Spaniard set to quit Bayern Munich next summer,” says the report. “Guardiola insisted he has had no offers yet. But well-informed sources told SunSport last night City are convinced they will get their man.

Paper Round’s view: The quotes this story are based on do suggest Guardiola will leave Bayern at the end of the season. A year is a long time, three years is a lifetime at a big club,” the Catalan said. The noises coming out of Munich have been for some time that the club are at least planning for his possible departure and if he does go, City is his most likely destination given the presence of former Barcelona colleagues Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano on the club’s board. This time, two plus two probably does equal four