{"id":588437,"date":"2026-05-17T04:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588437\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:42:19","slug":"pep-guardiola-walks-away-from-interview-after-manchester-city-question-from-laura-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588437\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola walks away from interview after Manchester City question from Laura Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola dodged a question on his Manchester City future after winning his 20th trophy at the club.<\/p>\n

City<\/a> beat Chelsea 1-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday afternoon, with Antoine Semenyo scoring a fantastic backheel winner on 72 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Guardiola has celebrated another trophy triumph with CityCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Guardiola<\/a> has lifted the FA Cup for the third time in his career, and in a season that many have speculated could be his last.<\/p>\n

There has been a growing expectation that he leaves the club in the summer after ten glittering seasons.<\/p>\n

talkSPORT understands former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, one of Guardiola’s former assistants, is the clear frontrunner to replace him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, when asked about whether or not he will leave City at the end of the season, the Spaniard chose not to explain his plans.<\/p>\n

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“Pep, there are so many rumours about you leaving. You’re not, are you?” Laura Woods<\/a> asked during an interview on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

At first, Guardiola appeared confused with the question, but he then smiled and said: “What rumours? Have a lovely evening!”<\/p>\n

Guardiola then placed his microphone on the table and after shaking hands with the panel, he walked away.<\/p>\n

Is the end in sight?<\/p>\n

Having previously shone at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola took little time to become a success at City.<\/p>\n

He won the first of his six Premier League titles in his second season, and a seventh could follow next weekend.<\/p>\n

Guardiola also oversaw the club’s first ever Champions League victory, as well as five Carabao Cup triumphs and other worldwide honours.<\/p>\n

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Guardiola was asked about his future at City by Woods after the FA Cup winCredit: @footballontnt X\"Pep<\/a><\/p>\n

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He smiled and avoided the question before walking offCredit: @footballontnt X\"Pep<\/a><\/p>\n

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Guardiola wasn’t one to stick around and comment on his plans beyond the summerCredit: @footballontnt X<\/p>\n

City have asked the 55-year-old if he plans to see out the rest of his contract<\/a>, which expires next summer.<\/p>\n

As talkSPORT reported at the beginning of April, senior figures at the club do not if he will stay or go at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Sources also said that they hoped Guardiola could confirm a decision on his future, at least privately, in the March international break.<\/p>\n

Guardiola signed his current deal<\/a> in November 2024 after City lost four consecutive matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n

“Maybe the four defeats were the reason why I felt I cannot leave,” he said, although uncertainty has cropped up once again this season.<\/p>\n

However, he insisted that he does in fact have one more year on his contract during his pre-FA Cup final press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola dodged a question on his Manchester City future after winning his 20th trophy at the club.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,6717,1952,48116,399,19404,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-future","tag-interview","tag-laura-woods","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588437","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=588437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}