Doubts on Guardiola’s Bayern future as break looms

The 44-year-old former Barcelona manager has led Bayern Munich to successive Bundesliga titles.

The Chelsea board met on Wednesday to discuss Mourinho’s future, and the Portuguese can ill-afford another defeat against Sunderland this weekend, having already seen his side end up on the wrong side of the result nine times this season.

Guardiola is revered in world football for his ground breaking success with the Blaugrana, while he has continued to impress at the Allianz Arena.

Pep Guardiola says he will reveal where his future lies next week – and reports say it won’t be at Bayern Munich.

Indeed it is understood that talks have progressed to such an extent that a “gentleman’s agreement” has been reached with Ancelotti in anticipation of Guardiola confirming his departure.

However with Jurgen Klopp shifting to Liverpool in October, Ancelotti lined up by Bayern and Metropolis in pole place to land Guardiola, United might be confronted with a scarcity of credible choices ought to the growing strain on Van Gaal pressure a change of administration on the membership.

An announcement on Guardiola’s next move is soon expected, and United fans would hope that this one goes their way.

– Reuters pic, December 16, 2015.Bayern Munich’s flagging stars admit they are relishing the chance to rest during the forthcoming winter break when they discover whether Pep Guardiola will stay or go at the end of the season.

As for Guardiola, he will inevitably be linked with Manchester City.

In April, veteran club doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt and his staff walked out following a row after a major injury crisis that was blamed for Bayern’s exits from the Champions League and DFB Pokal at the semifinal stage.

In what could be the biggest story of the summer, this story could affect the destination of Guardiola, van Gaal, Mourinho, Pellegrini and Ancelotti, while shaping the manager’s role for Bayern, Chelsea and both Manchester clubs.

“It’s more about the philosophy of Manchester United that you have to instil in the manager, and I don’t think they did their homework when they employed van Gaal”.

In November, Barcelona daily Sport reported Pep had already given his word to former Barcelona colleagues Ferran Soriano (Manchester City’s chief executive) and Txiki Begiristain (City’s director of football) that he would join them at the Etihad next season.