Many assistants are about to leave the team, Manchester City will also update the coaching team

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After the Premier League season, all teams are destined to usher in personnel changes, and they are being rebuilt and are likely to face adjustments from the coaching team. Coach Guardiola just renewed his contract at the end of last year, so he naturally won't leave, but the people around him will be "updated". Leo, who considers himself Guardiola's godfather, set-piece coach Bissen and technical coach Dominguez will both leave Blue Moon.

Guardiola and Leo

According to British media, Manchester City Club has recently started to renew Guardiola's assistant team, and many important members who have followed Guardiola for many years will get new contracts. But there are three people who will not renew their contracts, but will leave after their contract expires this summer. Among them, the 59-year-old assistant coach Lelo is an old friend of Guardiola. He has served as Guardiola's mentor. After Guardiola became famous, he became his senior actor. After Arteta was poached by Arsenal in 2019, Lelo was invited by Manchester City to serve as Guardiola's assistant in 2020, and then worked until 2022. Since then, Leo has been to Qatar for coaching and has returned to Guardiola in 2023.

After this breakup, Leo, who has coached more than a dozen teams, seems to have no plans to go solo, but according to many British media, "Guardiola has realized that it is also very important to keep the coach's seat fresh." Perhaps after a very unsuccessful season, everyone wants to make some changes to seek breakthroughs. Bissens has received an invitation from Braga and is about to go to the Portuguese Super League to start his first independent coaching session in the top league.

It is not yet certain who will take over the three, but thanks to the City Football Group's multi-club model, they have a huge pool of head coaches and coaches. When choosing newcomers, they will consider style compatibility, as well as coaching skills and performance matching Guardiola.