Who succeeds Guardiola at Man City?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Contracted through to 2025, there's no immediate sign of Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City.
Yet with Roberto De Zerbi taking his Brighton & Hove Albion side to the Etihad this weekend, he could outlines his credentials to succeed the Spaniard at City with Guardiola a known admirer.
Adam Levethal is joined by The Athletic's Italian and German football correspondents James Horncastle and Raphael Honigstein, with Man City writer Sam Lee also dropping in to assess Guardiola's impact on the Premier League and European Football before assessing the candidates who could be viewed as Guardiola successors.
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Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead, Adonis Pratsides
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.8 | Together, Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have been all conquering. |
| 0:10.2 | Manchester City have done it. |
| 0:12.6 | Once twice, three times a champion. |
| 0:15.4 | Champions of Europe finally. |
| 0:17.8 | The treble complete. |
| 0:19.6 | Contracted until 2025, there are no immediate signs of them slowing down. |
| 0:25.4 | But as Brighton head to the Etihad this weekend, Roberto Deserby will know this is a big |
| 0:30.3 | opportunity to outline his credentials to succeed Guadiola. |
| 0:34.6 | Roberto's one of the most influencers in the last 20 years. |
| 0:38.8 | So is there a more difficult job |
| 0:40.5 | in world football |
| 0:41.6 | than replacing PEP? |
| 0:44.1 | And, behind the scenes, |
| 0:46.1 | has the process |
| 0:46.8 | to find a successor |
| 0:48.1 | already started. |
| 0:50.1 | I'm Adam Leventile. |
| 0:51.3 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 1:04.7 | Music I'm Adam Leventile. Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. Our city correspondent, Sam Lee, will contribute to the discussion a little bit later on in the show. |
| 1:10.2 | But I'm delighted to say, |
| 1:11.4 | alongside me in the studio, two men steeped in European football. The athletics, German and |
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