Manuel Pellegrini Deserves Great Send-off Says Joe Hart

When he is replaced as coach by Pep Guardiola at the end of the season, Pellegrini might just have become the most successful manager in the club’s 136-year history.

“City could expect to recoup a good fee for Toure from a club in China, despite the fact the Ivorian will only have a year remaining on his contract at the end of the season”.

Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola has angrily hit out at the media for a perceived lack of respect shown to managers around the world, questioning why head coaches even bother with press conferences.

“Manuel Pellegrini, who is fully supportive of the decision to make this communication, is entirely focused on achieving his targets for the season ahead of retaining the respect and commitment of all involved with the leadership of the Club”.

Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has welcomed the impending arrival of Pep Guardiola to the Barclays Premier League but believes the pressure on his fellow Spaniard to be a success at Manchester City will be huge.

In six full seasons, ex-Barcelona coach Guardiola has won 19 trophies including six league and two European Cup titles.

“If I were 55 or 60 years old, I’d stay (at Bayern) until Karl-Heinz Rummenigge or Matthias Sammer said “enough”, Guardiola said.

City maintained their challenge for the Barclays Premier League title with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Sunderland on Tuesday evening, and afterwards Hart signalled the squad’s intention to ensure Pellegrini goes out with a bang. The club are not doing anything behind me, I knew this one month ago.

‘We will see what happens, but I can not be interested in this now like everyone else is.

Only Jose Mourinho with 73 wins has a better Premier League record in his first 100 than that, which gives another indication of how unlucky the Chilean manager can consider himself as he has to step aside for football’s man of the hour.

“I can’t talk for everyone, but I think it’s pretty obvious there is no revolt”, he added.

“I can do things simultaneously”.

“To play as well as we did against City and get nothing, I’m gutted”. “When I am in England, I will say more about it”.