Pep Guardiola has been urged to consider his future at Manchester City after a football expert argued that the Spaniard should take responsibility for recent failures by offering his resignation.
The comments come amid growing scrutiny over City’s performances and whether Guardiola’s long reign at the Etihad may finally be nearing its natural conclusion.
Adrian Durham compares Pep Guardiola to Arsene Wenger
talkSPORT pundit Adrian Durham delivered a scathing assessment of Guardiola’s current standing, drawing parallels with Arsène Wenger’s final years at Arsenal.
“Pep Guardiola has been brilliant, but he isn’t anymore. It reminds me of the Wenger reign.
“The long Wenger reign at Arsenal, where he was brilliant, but it just stopped being brilliant, it was time to go and he just left it way too long. Pep Guardiola should offer to resign and here’s why,” Durham stated.
Durham argued that Guardiola’s responsibility goes beyond tactics and team selection, pointing instead to accountability after damaging results.
“I have this long held policy or belief that any manager that oversees a side that suffers an embarrassing result like a cup shock or a heavy defeat, a result that shouldn’t really happen, they have a duty to the club, to the fans, to offer to resign.”
Why Adrian Durham believes Pep Guardiola must take accountability
Durham stressed that offering a resignation does not automatically mean leaving the club, but rather acknowledging failure at the highest level.
“It doesn’t mean that resignation is going to be accepted, it doesn’t mean that they’re definitely going to go.
“It’s just that that manager is acknowledging, ‘I’m accountable, I’m the one to blame, I’m going to give you the opportunity to back me or get rid of me. So I’m offering that opportunity to you because I’ve failed to do my job properly,’” he continued.
“Pep Guardiola’s time for that has come,” Durham concluded.
While Guardiola remains one of the most decorated managers in football history, Durham’s comments reflect a growing strand of debate about longevity, accountability, and whether even the most successful eras must eventually come to an end.
For Manchester City, the question is no longer about what Guardiola has achieved — but whether he can still take them where they want to go next.
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