straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was in his happy place in the summer of 2018.The Manchester City manager had defied all expectations and many a pundit over the previous year, shattering the Premier League record for most points in a single campaign with a formidable league-and-cup double banishing all memories of an exasperating first season in English football.So thrilled was Guardiola with his situation that he had agreed a contract extension at the club to take him to 2021 that, if fulfilled, would make City his longest stay in management.There were many reasons for a spring in his step as he took a young squad off to tour the United States while the majority of his senior players toiled at the World Cup, not least the opportunity to.
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