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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on when he first thought about leaving: "It's not about when, it's not today or tomorrow. You know at the time, you feel OK let's do it. It's not yesterday that it happened or one week ago.

"Of course we were in the competition and I wanted to be completely away from [thinking about leaving] because I need the players to be with me and me with them.

"At the moment, we cannot fight for anything else because it's already achieved so it is the moment to say, OK I want to say a proper goodbye to my people on Sunday, I want to hug them on the pitch, that is why we announced it."

Shamoon Hafez
Manchester City reporter

Pep Guardiola is now starting to become a bit more emotional.

His voice starts to crack a little when he is asked to give his reaction to the North Stand being renamed after him.

"I am speechless," he says, adding he is so proud his father's name will be on top of the stand.

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on why now: "It's the time, it's not go to sleep and wake up one day, the day after and say now is the time to leave. It's a process that I have felt for a while and always the club respects me an unbelievable [amount] for the decision. The club, of course, has to be ready [for his replacement] and I felt [it was time].

"Listen, this job, every few days, many many years, Salzburg and Anfield and Madrid and the FA Cup and [the business] and now I have to see, live my life and see what happens. 10 years is a lot of time and I think the club needs a new manager, new energy, these incredible players we have right now and start to write another chapter."

Shamoon Hafez
Manchester City reporter

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Pep Guardiola says he told the players about his decision this morning and his speech was "an absolute disaster."

He also said he has had messages from Sir Alex Ferguson and Kevin [De Bruyne].

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on how it feels to say goodbye to the club after 10 years: "Really satisfied, I don't know the right words. Really satisfied, happy and proud.

"It has been an experience of my life, otherwise it would not have been 10 years so I cannot be more grateful for the amount of love and affection I had, not just today, for many many years and nothing else."

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Pep Guardiola says he plans to take a break from coaching after leaving Manchester City.

When asked what the future holds for him, he said: "Now rest. No plans for training for a while. Otherwise I would stay here. I need to step back."

Full quotes to follow...

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Pep Guardiola says he leaves Manchester City feeling "satisfied, happy and proud".

He added: "It’s been the experience of my life. Otherwise I wouldn't have been here for 10 years."

Full quotes to follow...

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Pep Guardiola has taken his seat and is ready to face the media at his farewell news conference as Manchester City manager.

We'll bring you everything he has to say right here.

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Manchester City’s announcement of Pep Guardiola’s departure comes on the same day of a significant development across the city at Manchester United.

United have confirmed the appointment of Michael Carrick as their permanent head coach on a two-year contract.

The 44-year-old took interim charge after Ruben Amorim was sacked in January and has delivered Champions League qualification with an impressive run of form.

Former Middlesbrough boss Carrick has led United to a guaranteed third place in the Premier League after Sunday's thrilling win over Nottingham Forest.

He has won 11 of his 16 matches in charge and has been named on a six-man shortlist for the Premier League's manager of the season award.

No top-flight club has won more points than the 36 United have collected since Carrick's appointment on 13 January.

You can read more on that appointment here.

Shamoon Hafez
Manchester City reporter

It's a packed media room at Manchester City's training campus in anticipation of Pep Guardiola's arrival.

What sort of mood will he be in?

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There's real anticipation building as we wait to hear from Pep Guardiola in his farewell news conference as Manchester City manager.

The Spaniard is facing the media before his final game as City boss - against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Expect reflection on his decade at the club and perhaps more on the decision behind his departure…

After nearly 600 matches in charge of Manchester City, it is difficult to single out one moment as the pinnacle of the Pep Guardiola era.

From winning the Premier League with 100 points, to lifting the Champions League, to becoming the first team in history to win four Premier League titles in a row, Guardiola is not short of options.

But I suspect he would point to the club’s 2023 Champions League success as his proudest moment in charge of the Cityzens.

Not only was the 1–0 win against Inter Milan the final piece of the treble, it was, in many ways, mission complete for Guardiola, having accomplished the task he was brought to Manchester City to achieve.

“This trophy is so difficult to win,” said an emotional Guardiola after the final in Istanbul. “It could not be different, and we knew it - firstly because they are really good.

“This competition is like a coin toss. But we were there. I think it was written in the stars this season that it belonged to us, and we did it.”

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Former Chelsea head coach Maresca is the leading contender to replace Pep Guardiola at Manchester City for the 2026-27 season.

City have been preparing for Guardiola's summer exit for more than six months and talks with Maresca are at an advanced stage.

The 46-year-old wants the job and is expected to be confirmed as Guardiola's successor in due course.

The Italian manager, who won the Club World Cup and Conference League while securing Champions League qualification during his only full season at Stamford Bridge, previously worked at City.

He was an assistant to Guardiola during City's Treble-winning 2022-23 campaign and played a key role in the club's academy prior to joining the first team.

The former West Brom and Juventus midfielder left City in 2023 to manage Leicester, whom he guided to promotion to the Premier League in his only season.

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While records have continuously tumbled in the face of Pep Guardiola's ruthless, possession-based style, it is his shaping of some of the best footballers in the world that leaves an indelible mark.

From reinventing positions and formations, spotting potential in the academy, to cultivating a Ballon d'Or winner, Guardiola has made careers.

Many who starred during his tenure have departed not only as club legends but global stars.

Here, BBC Sport compiles a list of 11 players who defined Guardiola's decade in charge:

• Raheem Sterling
• Ilkay Gundogan
• Kyle Walker
• David Silva
• Ederson
• Kevin de Bruyne
• Bernardo Silva
• Rodri
• Erling Haaland
• Phil Foden
• John Stones

Click on this link to read more.

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Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City after 10 highly successful years at the club.

Here’s a recap of everything we've covered so far:

• Guardiola's emotional farewell message in full
• His 17 major honours during a decade with City
• Etihad's North Stand to be renamed in his honour
• He will stay on as global ambassador for City Football Group
• Reaction including from Thomas Tuchel and Liam Gallagher
• Man City's plans to say goodbye to Guardiola

We expect to hear from Guardiola himself at 13:30 BST - less than 20 minutes from now - so stay with us.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Pep Guardiola's great mentor and inspiration Johan Cruyff once said: "Winning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, to admire you... this is the greatest gift."

As the Catalan genius announces his departure from Manchester City after a decade in charge, Guardiola's legacy can be seen as a monument to the legendary Dutchman who cast his spell over him as a youngster at Barcelona.

Cruyff said: "Winning is just one day. A reputation will last a lifetime."

Guardiola's will, indeed, last forever.

Six Premier Leagues, the Champions League, three FA Cups, five League Cups, the Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup won - all in his own brilliant style, or at least the style he feels Cruyff bequeathed him.

And it is one that has been admired and copied - a gift left behind for the domestic game to study for years to come.

This is the moment Manchester City have been dreading, but the whole of English football is going to miss Pep Guardiola too.

Pep is one of the best managers we've ever seen. The greatest ever? Well, it's hard to disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson when you have that conversation, but those were different times - Pep's the greatest manager of the modern era, that's for sure.

When he replaced Manuel Pellegrini in 2016, City already had some very good players so he was not starting from scratch, but he did not just go on to dominate English football for a decade, he changed it too.

Now everyone plays the way City do, passing out from the back. That didn't happen before he arrived.

Pep's never been afraid to move people around either. He sees the player, not the position, I guess, and makes them an important part of his system and style, in the way he wants to use them.

When it works it is incredible. Like the 2023 Champions League final when City beat Inter Milan in arguably the biggest game in the club's history, and he had a centre-half - John Stones - essentially playing in midfield.

He sees things like that which other managers would never even think of trying. Things that don't appear obvious to us, are to him. And he has done it consistently over the years.

After his first season in England when he didn't win anything and City only made the top four, everyone was saying how his style wouldn't work here, and you can't play that way in the Premier League.

They were wrong, and he has won everything he wanted to win - and kept on winning too.

Read more of Micah Richards' column here

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