PEP AND MAN CITY – THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 5: The Great Reinventor. JACK GAUGHAN reveals the reason Guardiola stayed one more year, how close City came to signing Lionel Messi and the epic parting gift the manager leaves behind

There was simply a recognition that Guardiola could not leave City in this state. Changes had to come. This was to become the final recycle job of Guardiola’s City.

PEP AND MAN CITY – THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 5: The Great Reinventor. JACK GAUGHAN reveals the reason Guardiola stayed one more year, how close City came to signing Lionel Messi and the epic parting gift the manager leaves behind

Pep Guardiola’s daughter gives never-before-seen insight into departing Man City boss behind the scenes – from swigging vodka in a nightclub to chanting in his office with Jack Grealish

PEP AND MAN CITY – THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 3: The journey to the Treble. For the first time, JACK GAUGHAN reveals the secrets of Guardiola’s masterplan for immortality – from magnets to Coldplay, a ‘trap’, a secret weapon and tactical perfection

PEP AND MAN CITY, THE UNTOLD DECADE: Part 1 – The Real Guardiola. From putting ‘the fear of God into you’ to his astonishing generosity, those who know him best reveal their stories of the ultimate ‘football genius’

PEP AND MAN CITY, THE UNTOLD DECADE: Part 2 – His troubled first season. Why ‘nervous wreck’ Guardiola ‘set fire’ to plans, banished overweight players… and went to war over the grass length, black nets, Yaya Toure, Joe Hart and referees

Pep Guardiola reveals he will ‘talk in the next days’ to Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak about his future despite his imminent departure – as outgoing Spaniard bemoans his side’s fixture congestion for title failure

Bournemouth 1-1 Manchester City: English football witnesses a changing of the guard as Premier League title slips from departing Pep Guardiola’s grasp – Arsenal can now expect to dominate, writes OLIVER HOLT