Former England international Dion Dublin says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola remains fireproof even as his team’s poor run of form continues.
City’s season has slipped in recent weeks, winning just one of their last nine games, which included a sequence of five consecutive defeats.
They look like they are already out of the Premier League title race, but it is also not certain that they will qualify for the Champions League last 16 ahead of Wednesday’s game against Juventus.
That run of form is unprecedented under Guardiola, who has said he will not return to management at the club after City.
But Dublin don’t expect him to get down to business anytime soon.
“That’s never going to happen, they’re not going to get rid of him, I think he’s got a bit of money in the bank to be honest,” Dublin told the PA news agency.
“Pep will leave the club when he wants to leave the club. Even if they lose another five or six games, that wouldn’t change anything, in my opinion.
“They will change things, I don’t know when they will, but they are too good, he is too good and they have too good players. We shouldn’t delve into it.
“Everyone is surprised by City and its crisis. “I don’t think this is going to continue, at some point they will have a winning streak, they are too good to continue in this state.”
Dublin is working on the Chase Football Coaching Programme, which provides fully funded access to coaching qualifications for people from low-income backgrounds across the UK.
“It’s vital that everyone has the same opportunities and even if you don’t have the finances, the door is ajar if you want to achieve your goals,” he added.
“No matter what level you want to train at, they are given the opportunity, a great opportunity that wouldn’t exist.
“You have to start somewhere and you find your level as you go up.
“It’s just about giving people the opportunity and then it depends on the people involved who want to get into coaching.”
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