'You ​have to be unique': Guardiola says Man City successor should be true to himself

[p]Guardiola, who led [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] ‌to six Premier League titles, a Champions ‌League triumph and the Club World Cup, will ‌leave at the end of the season after ‌a decade in charge.[/p][p]Italian Enzo Maresca, who has previously coached [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leicester/KrrdAMyI/"]Leicester City[/a] and also worked ‌under Guardiola as an assistant at ⁠City, is reported ‌to be the leading candidate for the top job ​at the Manchester club.[/p][p]Asked if City's administration had sought his advice on the ​next manager, Guardiola told reporters on Friday: [b]"It doesn't work to copy and paste in this ⁠kind of job.[/b][/p][p][b]"You ​have to be unique, natural and yourself and the new manager will be himself,"[/b] the Spaniard added, speaking ahead of City's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/?mid=zLXUefTr"]final league game ‌of the season[/a] at home against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a].[/p][embed guid="1fa3a56b-cad5-4f24-a802-006f8edf8b19" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2058473243749593430" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"The moment it starts to be a copy of another one... Everyone is everyone. It has to be like that. And that's why everything is going to be good."[/b][/p][p]Guardiola leaves City with the spectre of the 115 charges of alleged breaches of the Premier League's financial ‌rules still looming large over his tenure, ​but he said he was confident there was ‌no cause for concern.[/p][p][b]"Because I trust them,"[/b] he added.[/p][p][b]"I trust them! Because I spoke with them and I trust how they behave and (what) they did. So what happened - ⁠there will be ⁠the resolution. I trust ‌them."[/b][/p]