It's hard to believe, looking at the current situation in the Premier League table. The defending champion, Manchester City, is only in seventh place, twelve points behind the leader Liverpool and has one game more played. Coach Pep Guardiola's team can practically forget about the championship.
A sensational turnaround for Pep Guardiola
A few days ago, the Spanish media reported that Guardiola would stay at Manchester City. – The club is not thinking about parting with Guardiola. Any dismissal of the coach would be met with absolute and immediate opposition from City, which intends to show support for Guardiola through transfers, wrote “Olt Sports”.
– From what I hear, Guardiola's position at Manchester City remains secure. Of course, the situation at the club is complicated, but Guardiola intends to support City in this difficult period. He wants to find appropriate solutions together with the management, strengthen the team with transfers and take advantage of the return of injured players – said the famous journalist Fabrizio Romano on the Meczyki.pl channel.
However, bookmakers have changed their minds about Guardiola's dismissal. According to experts, he is among the four main favorites to be released from the Premier League.
“Pep broke into 4 favorites during the crisis – he is in a close fight with other coaches who have big problems. These are: Julen Lopetegui [West Ham]Ange Postecoglou [Tottenham] and Sean Dyche [Everton]. The odds for Lopetegui's dismissal are around 2.50. Then Postecoglu and Dyche are the favorites with odds of 4 and 4.50. Guardiola is in fourth place with odds of 7,” writes “Sports.ru”.
The Russians also add that the odds that Guardiola will be fired have dropped dramatically.
– Back in August this year, Guardiola was the last to be dismissed with odds of 100 – adds “Sports.ru”.
Manchester City will play against Everton in the Premier League at home on Thursday, December 26. The match starts at 1:30 p.m. Broadcast on Viaplay.
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