Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders said Pep Guardiola decided to leave the club because he could no longer face telling benched players they weren’t involved.
Guardiola still had a year left on the two-season contract he signed in 2025, but opted to walk away last month after a decade at the club. City fell short in the Premier League title race for only the fourth time since the Spaniard’s 2016 arrival, but finished the campaign with a domestic cup double.
