Man City director of football Begiristain set to leave job at end of season

Manchester City will say goodbye at the end of the season to one of the most important people in its recent history. He is Txiki Begiristain, who will leave the club at the end of the current campaign.

David Ornstein in ‘The Athletic’, broke the scoop on the departure of Manchester City's director of football and Pep Guardiola's right-hand man, who curiously ends his contract in June 2025.

However, Begiristain's departure does not mean goodbye to the coach from Santpedor. The director of football's first idea was to retire from daily operations at the age of 55, but he was so involved in the project that he postponed it until he was 60.

City will waste no time in starting work on his replacement. According to the source quoted, work could start in January 2025 so that the transition is not so painful.

Txiki Begiristain and Pep Guardiola have been linked since the latter's arrival on the Barcelona bench. Begiristain was the architect of Barcelona's commitment to a home-grown coach who has become one of the most successful coaches in the club's history.

The man chosen to replace him, according to Fabrizio Romano, is the current Sporting de Portugal sporting director Hugo Viana. However, nothing has been settled yet.

 

October 8, 2024