Key facts
- Pep Guardiola has threatened to leave Manchester City approximately 100 times.
- Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak believes Guardiola's threats to leave this season were serious.
- Guardiola has managed Manchester City for a decade.
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has revealed that manager Pep Guardiola has threatened to leave the club numerous times over the past decade. Al Mubarak likened Guardiola to the boy in Aesop's Fable 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf,' suggesting that Guardiola had made such threats approximately 100 times during his tenure. However, Al Mubarak indicated that this current season, the manager's intentions to leave appeared to be serious.