Pellegrini: I’d love to see Guardiola at Man Ci

Speculation is growing that Guardiola will leave Bayern in the summer, with Spain’s El Pais on Friday following Marca by stating that reliable sources have confirmed his departure from Munich.

Bayern plays in Hannover this weekend in the last round before the Christmas break, and Guardiola’s decision is expected in the next few days.

The announcement of their union will be made by the German club’s board after Guardiola makes it public that he will not renew his contract with the Bundesliga champions in the next week.

Italian Ancelotti, 56, who was sacked by Real Madrid in May, has been linked to many jobs – including any looming vacancy at Bayern Munich.

“Rummnigge has said that we will talk the day after the Hanover game and that is still the case”, said Guardiola after the win over Hanover while Rummenigge refused to comment.

“We haven’t heard anything, it could be that he stays”.

Chelsea, too, will want to act quickly to appoint a longterm manager, with Guardiola and Ancelotti two of the only proven, world-class coaches now available.

VfL Wolfsburg, who reached the knockout stage of the Champions League earlier this month, suffered a disappointing end to 2016 in the Bundesliga, losing 3-1 at 10-man VfB Stuttgart to stretch their winless run to four league matches.

Dortmund took the lead after just 18 minutes when Greece centre-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos headed home a corner swung in by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Simon Zoller equalised eight minutes from time after a mistake by stopper Roman Buerki and Anthony Modeste drilled in a last-minute victor. Looking to help secure a 14 win fro 16 games this season is leading scorer Robert Lewandowski, with the Polish striker hoping to make it 16 goals from 16 games.

Europa League side Augsburg picked up their third straight win to move away from the relegation places into mid-table with a 1-0 victory at Hamburg thanks to Jan Moravek’s headed equaliser. Should City appoint Guardiola it would open up the mouth-watering potential of a return to the rivalry the pair shared during Mourinho’s tumultuous spell in charge of Real Madrid.