{"id":377225,"date":"2026-01-18T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377225\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:32:09","slug":"its-nailed-on-jim-whites-makes-astonishing-pep-guardiola-exit-claim-names-new-man-city-manager-being-appointed-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377225\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s nailed on’ – Jim White\u2019s makes astonishing Pep Guardiola exit claim, names new Man City manager being appointed ‘this week’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: Imago, talkSPORT on YouTube<\/p>\n

\"Evan <\/p>\n

Sun 18 January 2026 12:09, UK <\/p>\n

Pep Guardiola could leave Man City in the coming hours following his side\u2019s loss in the Manchester Derby, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n

Man City were beaten 2-0 by Man United<\/a> on Saturday, in a game that was never really close to anything other than a win for the home side.<\/p>\n

Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and Patrick Dorgu<\/a>\u2018s goals capped off a battering of Guardiola<\/a>\u2018s side, who were dealt a blow to their Premier League<\/a> title hopes.<\/p>\n

Arsenal drew 0-0 with Nottingham Forest<\/a> at the City Ground hours later, missing the opportunity to go nine points clear of Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There have been suggestions that Guardiola could leave Man City at the end of the season<\/a>, but a mid-season departure would be explosive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jim White reacts to Pep Guardiola news<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of Saturday\u2019s game, Richard Keys suggested that Guardiola could leave Man City<\/a> this weekend. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s nailed on that he\u2019s gone at the end of the season,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, do not rule out him leaving this week. This week. If he goes this week, [Enzo] Maresca<\/a> will be in charge of the match against Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCity will be apoplectic, and they\u2019ll deny it, of course, but it\u2019s on his mind, I\u2019m telling you, to leave this week. He does this a lot, so you can\u2019t read much into it, but this time you can.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is a bold claim, especially given the investment that decision-makers at the Etihad Stadium are currently backing Guardiola with.<\/p>\n

Man City have already completed a big-money move for Antoine Semenyo<\/a> this month, and Marc Guehi<\/a> is expected to join him imminently.<\/p>\n

The Citizens are not ready to give up on the Premier League title yet, and with Arsenal<\/a> failing in consecutive weeks to capitalise on their opposition\u2019s slip-ups, nor should Guardiola.<\/p>\n

However, there has always remained an unpredictability about the Spaniard, who could well make any decision at any minute.<\/p>\n

Reacting to Keys<\/a>\u2018 claim on Saturday evening, Jim White<\/a> simply posted the words, \u201cwell now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

What Guardiola said when asked about Man City future<\/p>\n

Speculation surrounding the future of Guardiola will be rife until the summer, whether his side recovers to win the Premier League or not.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard\u2019s time at Man City has far exceeded the time he spent at both Barcelona<\/a> and Bayern Munich<\/a> combined, and suspicions have arisen for a while that he could seek a new venture.<\/p>\n

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The Spain<\/a> international team, a job in Italy, PSG<\/a>, perhaps \u2013 the 55-year-old would essentially have the pick of teams in world football if he made himself available.<\/p>\n

However, asked about his future this month, Guardiola said: \u201cOh my god. I have a contract, I said a thousand million times. I know you\u2019re bored of me, 10 years here, I\u2019m pretty sure of that. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will leave one day, I promise you, but I have a contract. I\u2019m happy, I want to fight with my team, the hierarchy respect me.\u201d \u201cWe will see,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago, talkSPORT on YouTube Sun 18 January 2026 12:09, UK Pep Guardiola could leave Man City in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[294,218,107199,399,19404,57119,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-377225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-enzo-maresca","tag-football","tag-jim-white","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-richard-keys","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}