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Provenance manifest: Pep Guardiola's departure from Manchester City

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0:00 · Title

1Guardian reporting, 18–23 May 2026

0:02 · 1 July 2016

21 July 2016

3Guardiola starts at City, joining from Bayern Munich

0:04 · The decade

4The decade

517 major trophies in 10 years

66 Premier League titles

75 League Cups

83 FA Cups

91 Champions League

101 Club World Cup

111 Uefa Super Cup

12His first title, in 2017-18, came with a record 100 points

0:04 · The decade · narration

13In a decade at City, Guardiola won seventeen major trophies.

0:09 · Monday 18 May

14Mon 18 May

15News breaks that he is expected to leave

16The club does not confirm it

0:09 · Monday 18 May · narration

17Then, in May, news of his departure broke.

0:13 · Tuesday 19 May

18Tue 19 May

19Reports say he has told his players he is leaving

20In public, he refuses to confirm it

21That night, a draw at Bournemouth means Arsenal are champions

0:16 · Friday 22 May

22Fri 22 May

23City confirm he is leaving

24The Pep Guardiola Stand

25Enzo Maresca is expected to replace him

0:16 · Friday 22 May · narration

26Four days later, City confirmed he was leaving.

0:20 · Friday 22 May, in the club video

27“Nothing is eternal.”

28Pep Guardiola, in the club video confirming his departure, 22 May

0:22 · Reported 23 May

29Reported 23 May

30He won’t rule out managing England

31“I don’t have any absolute plan about my future”

0:25 · Sunday 24 May

32Sun 24 May

33His last game: at home to Aston Villa

0:27 · End card

34Drawn from Guardian journalism

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35Thirty seconds on the end of Pep Guardiola’s decade at Manchester City: the trophies, the week the news broke, and his own words on leaving.

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