Players hit the jackpot
warm-weather training break last month. And the Spaniard, 47, is set to formally sign it once the season is over.
City’s hierarchy hope his stay will end up lasting well beyond 2020. City’s Premier League-Carabao Cup double means Guardiola has won 23 trophies in just nine seasons as a manager at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.
And star man Kevin De Bruyne says it is vital to the club’s hopes of creating a dynasty of success that Guardiola remains in charge.
“Everyone knows he is one of the best coaches in the world,” said De Bruyne. “What we want to do now is continue playing the way we have this season and become even stronger.
“Pep is a big part of that and hopefully these can be his first trophies of many here at City.”
Under the terms of his new contract, De Bruyne, City’s player of the season, is set to land around £500,000 for winning the title, as well as £800,000 for playing more than 60 per cent of their league games and £100,000 for winning the Carabao Cup.
Several of his teammates are on similarly lucrative bonus packages and the entire squad, it is understood, will share a £10m jackpot.
PEP GUARDIOLA has given champions Manchester City a further boost by agreeing to extend his contract by another year, meaning he will be at the Etihad at least until the summer of 2020. And City’s double-winning squad will share a £10million bonus jackpot for adding the club’s third Premier League title to the Carabao Cup. The manager’s three-year £45m deal runs out next summer and his bosses have been desperate to tie him to City for a fourth season. Guardiola, above, is understood to have agreed the extension when he talked with club owner Sheikh Mansour and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak during City’s visit to Abu Dhabi for a