TA: Guardiola will reorganize his coaching team as three key assistants will leave

May 28th According to The Athletic, three assistant coaches of Guardiola are about to leave.

It is reported that Guardiola will reorganize the coaching team and three key assistants will leave the team. With the end of the Premier League season, Guardiola plans to make major adjustments to the coaching staff, and three important assistants are about to leave Manchester City. Juanma Lilo, Carlos Vessen and Inigo Dominguez are all leaving the Etihad Stadium, and Guardiola hopes to remain challenging and innovative by introducing new voices and ideas.

It is understood that Lillo returned to Manchester City in 2023, after he worked at Manchester City for two years between 2020 and 2022. His contract expires after the end of the season and the club decided not to renew the contract. Technical coach Dominguez is facing the same situation. Lilo has a long-term partnership with Guardiola, dating back to 2006. That time was the final stage of Guardiola's career as a player, where he hoped to learn coaching experience through working with Lilo. Lilo was the youngest head coach in La Liga at the time, at the age of 29.

Guardiola is well aware of the importance of keeping the coaching staff fresh, which will be an important task for him to enter Manchester City's tenth season this summer. Last season, Manchester City fell to third place in the standings, the only time Guardiola has failed to make the top two in his coaching career (except his first season in England football). Previously, Manchester City won the Premier League championship for four consecutive years.

Weissenz also serves as a set piece coach and has agreed to take over Braga's head coach, who parted ways with former Sheffield coach Carlos Carvajal last week. Guardiola is used to seeing his assistants fly high after learning under him. Arteta spent nearly four years at Manchester City and took over as Arsenal head coach in 2019; Chelsea head coach Maresca switched to Leicester City after working for one season under Guardiola.

In addition, Domeneke Torent and Rodolph Borrel left in 2018 and 2023 respectively, and they served as Guardiola's assistants in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Manchester City benefited from the City Football Group’s multi-club strategy, which has a huge database of coaches that can evaluate compatible styles.

However, introducing new assistants requires consideration of whether their coaching skills and personality are suitable for Guardiola. Given Wiess' expertise in set pieces, Guardiola certainly needs to find a replacement or two, and the coaches sitting next to him may have a whole new look next season.