Guardiola has won 16 major trophies with City in 10 seasons, the most recent of which came in Saturday's FA Cup final
By Pardeep Cattry May 18, 2026 at 4:41 pm ET • 1 min read 
Getty Images Pep Guardiola will reportedly leave Manchester City at the end of the season, calling time on a decorated decade in England and a transformational period with a club he steered to 16 major trophies, including the UEFA Champions League. Guardiola is set to exit following Sunday's match at Aston Villa, their hopes of winning the Premier League title potentially still in play for what is expected to be the manager's final game in charge.
According to multiple reports in England, he is expected to be succeeded by Enzo Maresca, a one-time assistant at City under Guardiola and the former Chelsea coach who won the UEFA Conference League and the Club World Cup last season before he exited in January. Maresca was reportedly in contact with City over a potential vacancy in the months before his Chelsea departure.
Speculation around Guardiola's future began in earnest at the end of last season, City's first trophyless campaign since the ex-Barcelona coach arrived for the start of the 2016-17 season. It was a rarity in his 10 seasons in Manchester – his very first trophy came with the 2017-18 EFL Cup, which was quickly followed up by his first Premier League title that same season.
His crowning achievement was winning the treble in the 2022-23 campaign, ending City's long wait to win their first Champions League title. It was the first time Guardiola had led a team to a treble, attempting to do so at his previous roles with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and marked the first time an English team had pulled off the feat since Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team did so in the 1998-99 season.
Guardiola also steered City to six Premier League titles in total, including four in a row from the 2020-21 season to the 2023-24 campaign, the first time a team had pulled that off in the league's history. His version of City will be remembered for a sheer dominance that was unparalleled in England's top flight in the modern era.
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