Pep Guardiola Excited By Lower League Promotion Possibilities

The Manchester City manager has signed a contract extension, and is seemingly unbothered by the possibility of relegation from the pending 130 charges against the club.

OK, that title was a bit naughty. And lest any of you accuse me of spiking the football before reaching the endzone, please know that I’m fully expecting Manchester City—who are almost certainly guilty of all 130 charges and then some—to be let off with the gentlest tap on the wrists once this all concludes sometime in spring.

That said, the Reds are flying, the international break is over, and we can dare to dream about justice both on and off the pitch for Liverpool and their want-to-be domestic rival.

This week Pep Guardiola, in a display of characteristic bravado, signed a contract extension at Manchester City, one which reportedly does not have a release clause in the unlikely event that the Premier League actually punishes the club with the multiple relegations that they deserve.

Guardiola, once again very characteristically, openly and provocatively pushed back about the very notion of punishment.

“What happens if we are relegated? I will be here,” Bad Pep said.

“I don’t know the position they are going to bring us. The Conference? But we will come up and come up and come back to the Premier League. I feel it.”

City being relegated completely out of the Football League and into England’s 5th division would be, if nothing else, very funny. And I’ll admit, the idea of Pep having to do it on a cold, rainy day away at Yeovil Town fills my heart with joy.

However, if that happens, and that’s a big IF, I seriously doubt Guardiola would stick around to slum it in England’s lower leagues. But if he does stick around, he could finally match one of Jurgen Klopp’s greatest accomplishments: taking an obscure lower league side and getting them promoted to the top flight.

Zooming out, it’s a bit difficult to read the tea leaves on this one. Do City and Pep really think they’ll beat the charges? Or are they just continuing to behave as if the rules don’t apply to them?

Time will tell. In the meantime, let’s hope the Reds continue to do the decent thing, i.e. winning all the games until they are well out of sight of all comers.