Pep Guardiola to end reign as Barcelona coach in summer

PepGuardiola will stand down as Barcelona manager at the end of the season after deciding not to renew his rolling one-year contract.

The 41 year-old, who was appointed in 2008 and has led the Catalan club to 13 trophies, will be succeeded by current assistant Tito Vilanova.

Guardiola says: “the reason is simple: four years is enough”, “I’m drained and need to fill up. The demand has been very high and a manager must be strong”.

I’ve chosen this news because it is on the front of all the newspapers, on the internet, on all the TV channels…etc, and it is important for all the Catalans who are fan club. I feel sad because he has done history here in FCB, and I like him and his way of being, his way to do and his thinking. All fans will be unmotivated to see the best coach leaves here, and even more, the players, who have been colleagues for four years. I think he doesn’t want to leave because, here, he has his house and his life, but the famous people have to move because here, he has done a particularly good work, and he wants to do that in another place and grow up the new team.