Manchester City fans may be feeling a bit glum at the moment after the club capitulated in their title challenge, but Dietmar Hamann has a rumour that should bring a smile back to their faces.
The former City and Liverpool midfielder was on Sky Deutschland at the weekend and revealed there are talks for Pep Guardiola to replace Manuel Pellegrini at the Etihad in the summer.
Guardiola saw Bayern Munich tumble to their fourth straight defeat on Saturday, and is thought to be considering a new challenge after growing frustrated at the Allianz Arena…
Next tweets (via @dusselpaddy ) are what @DietmarHamann said on Sky DE: I received I received SMS from a solid source that Pep was…
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) May 9, 2015
.@DietmarHamann (via @dusselpaddy ) on Sky DE: "Discussions advanced, nothing signed. In all prob, Pep will be at City next season"
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) May 9, 2015
@Marcotti I can see it happening. They lost four in a row now and Barca coming to town Tuesday.
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) May 10, 2015
Guillem Balague had a slightly different take on Guardiola’s future, however, laughing off speculation that the former Barcelona boss could be on his way to England…
Pure imagination and fiction this story that Guardiola has agreed to sign for City. Not true at all!!
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) May 9, 2015
Hmm, we thought Guardiola’s heart was at West Ham…