Manchester City midfielder Llkay Gundogan has expressed interest in joining Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff when he retires to play, due to the springboard that is shown to provide.
Gundogan has spent the best part of a decade playing Guardiola through two spells in the city, after being one of the first new faces to walk through the door when the head arrived in 2016.
Among the current heads of the Premier League, both Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca have worked on Guardiola’s staff at East Manchester. The first did so from his retirement as a player in 2016 until his appointment in 2019 for Arsenal just over three years later, and the second during the season 2022/23 after a previous spell by the club’s U-21 squad.
In Barcelona, Guardiola It was also succeeded in 2012 by the assistant Tito Vilanova.
It emphasizes what the learning can do with a dear master coach like him.
“I haven’t asked myself, but there is probably nothing better than starting as a Pep assistant. Examples in recent years have shown that he can open the way to a coaching career. Being Pep’s assistant coach would be extremely attractive to me,” said Gundogan Sports image.
Gundogan will be 35 years old at the beginning of next season, but it does not seem likely to be withdrawn imminently. Your contract with City has Well already extended until the summer of 2026. But as a smart player who has been successful at the highest level, he should have a lot to offer as a coach.
Guardiola’s current assistants are Juanma Lillo, a veteran coach over 40 who returned to City In 2023 after a season by Sadd in Qatar, and Carlo Vicens, a relatively young coach of the 42 -year -old who has worked since he started as an assistant with children under the age of 18 in the city.
But if Gundogan wants to be a coach of Guardiola’s staff, the time is over. The head of the city He recently alluded to a possible club departure when his contract expires in 2027confirming his desire to take a “rest” of football before considering his next job.
