{"id":202136,"date":"2026-05-25T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202136\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:22:09","slug":"haaland-determined-to-maintain-manchester-city-success-despite-guardiola-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202136\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland determined to maintain Manchester City success despite Guardiola exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardiola signed off after 10 glorious years as City manager during an open-top bus parade through Manchester followed by a presentation at Co-op Live on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The event had been arranged to celebrate the team\u2019s domestic cup double as well as the club\u2019s Women\u2019s Super League and FA Youth Cup triumphs.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrating Pep\u2019s legacy \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9Q4hvKAuu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/y9Q4hvKAuu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/2058992801342169242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet the sell-out crowd of 19,000 inside the arena \u2013 and many thousands more gathered outside \u2013 were equally keen to bid farewell to Guardiola and long-serving players Bernardo Silva and John Stones.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola has won 20 trophies during his decade with City but striker Haaland is determined to make sure the success does not end with his departure.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian said on stage: \u201cIt has been an up-and-down season but we are going to try to keep pushing and try to fight to win the biggest trophies we can.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.84746245.jpg\" alt=\"Pep Guardiola gestures to the crowd \" data-title=\"Manchester City Parade\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Nick Potts\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Pep Guardiola gestures to the crowd (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we want to win and we are fighting to win everything again. It has been a pleasure to play with Bernardo and John, and of course for Pep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an amazing journey but we need to keep pushing and fighting even without them. Now it is time to celebrate them and they are truly legends of the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After completing their journey from the city centre, the team buses drove straight into the main arena inside Co-op Live.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola was invited to speak after all 20 trophies won during his reign were carried onto the stage by players, coaches and figures connected to the club, including Oasis star Noel Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BUNNY IS STAYING \ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dGemxUMKeI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dGemxUMKeI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCityWomen\/status\/2058978735911588341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other personalities included former players Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho as well as Jack Grealish, star of the 2023 treble win who has spent the past year on loan at Everton.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola said: \u201cThank you so much for coming here tonight to say bye. I\u2019ve felt the connection that this club (has) from the first minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much, I don\u2019t have enough gratitude. I will have (that with me) for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the part of the show dedicated to the women\u2019s team, record goalscorer Khadija Shaw announced she had signed a new contract, ending speculation linking her with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guardiola signed off after 10 glorious years as City manager during an open-top bus parade through Manchester followed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-202136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}