Having secured a 4-0 victory against Fluminense on Friday to clinch their fifth trophy of 2023, Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, expressed that he has “closed a chapter” at the Premier League club with the triumph in the Club World Cup. Since taking over as manager in 2016, Guardiola has now claimed every available trophy.
With 18 months remaining on his contract, Guardiola declared his satisfaction after the game, stating that he feels the job is complete. He remarked, “I’m very pleased, and I would like to say we had the feeling we would close the chapter; we won all the titles, there’s nothing else to win. I had a feeling the job is done, it is over. Now it’s Christmas time, we buy another book and start to write it again. The last eight years, it’s over.”