…Pep suggests that winning the Club World Cup is the end of his first era at Man City
Pep Guardiola: “I’d like to say we had the feeling we’d close the chapter, we won all the titles, nothing else to win, I had a feeling the job was done, it was over. Enzo (Maresca) helped us win the treble, Mikel (Arteta), all my staff, players from day one, Vincent (Kompany) to Kyle (Walker) as captains, all players mentioned, Joao (Cancelo), Cole Palmer, Riyad (Mahrez), Ilkay (Gundogan), helped us to achieve something incredible to be here and to play this tournament.
“It’s most difficult to arrive here, once we are here it’s perform well. Now it’s Christmas time, buy another book and start to write it again. The last eight years it’s over. When I close the chapter it’s for eight years of incredible work behind the scenes, I had a feeling all the titles you can win we have done it.
“We got a lot of titles in Premier League, Carabao Cup, repeat a lot of trophies, it’s unbelievable what we have done. Today we celebrate on the plane, tomorrow rest. Goodison Park is not the best place to come back, try to buy a new book and start to write beautiful histories.
“The players out there are still hungry and motivated, I’m really pleased for many people in the club for many years. It’s a beautiful, beautiful day, I could never think when we arrived in Manchester we could do this and finish with the World Cup.”
– Quotes via Manchester Evening News.
