Pep Guardiola believes Manchester United should give Erik ten Hag time to return them to the top, as he warns that Manchester City are not going anywhere.
Manchester United must leave Erik ten Hag alone if they want to return to the top believes Pep Guardiola, as the Manchester City boss warned his cross-city rivals that the Blues are not going anywhere.
"Nine years. It takes time," he said, pointing to his own tenure at City up until the end of his current contract in 2025. "United are able to win five or six games in a row and if they do that they will be on top. Leave the manager to the job, like I was allowed to in my first season when we didn't win.
"Maybe not in the way that Sir Alex Ferguson controlled in there because then there were two or three teams and now there are more, with a lot of incredible managers," he said. "Maybe not in that way, but if they take good decisions with the hierarchy, the sporting director, the managers and players in the same ideas, come on.
When it was put to him that Sir Alex Ferguson once said City would never be United's rivals, Guardiola agreed. "He was right. City did not challenge them, we were in the middle," he said. "But after that, without the presence of Sheikh Mansour, Khaldoon and the takeover to make investment when United and Arsenal were the richest ones, Sir Alex Ferguson could not expect what would happen. I couldn't in Barcelona. Now we want to stay as long as possible.
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