This season could see an end of an era at Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola only having one year left on his current deal.
The Spanish boss will lead his team in the pursuit of a fifth Premier League title in a row, starting this weekend against Chelsea, but it's unclear where his long-term future lies.
Guardiola has yet to confirm if he will stay at the Etihad, but even if he does leave, former City defender Joleon Lescott is confident the club will have a plan in place for life after Pep.
He told BetMGM: "We can't say for certain if Pep Guardiola will move on at the end of the season, though it does look more likely than not that he will.
"Given the things he's achieved at the club it's pretty natural there is going to be a drop-off but I think the thing that is most worrying is how similar changes have affected the other big clubs.
"You just have to look at what happened to Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson left or to Arsenal when Arsene Wenger moved on to see how hard it can be to keep things like they were before.
"However, I do think City will be much better prepared for the change than those clubs were.
"They'll recognise the drop-off that happened and have plans in place to make sure the change doesn't have the detrimental impact that it did with some of the other sides.
"They'll know it won't be easy to maintain the level Pep has set but they'll be doing everything they can to make sure that whoever does replace him is able to keep standards as high as possible."
The Spanish boss will lead his team in the pursuit of a fifth Premier League title in a row, starting this weekend against Chelsea, but it's unclear where his long-term future lies.
Guardiola has yet to confirm if he will stay at the Etihad, but even if he does leave, former City defender Joleon Lescott is confident the club will have a plan in place for life after Pep.
He told BetMGM: "We can't say for certain if Pep Guardiola will move on at the end of the season, though it does look more likely than not that he will.
"Given the things he's achieved at the club it's pretty natural there is going to be a drop-off but I think the thing that is most worrying is how similar changes have affected the other big clubs.
"You just have to look at what happened to Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson left or to Arsenal when Arsene Wenger moved on to see how hard it can be to keep things like they were before.
"However, I do think City will be much better prepared for the change than those clubs were.
"They'll recognise the drop-off that happened and have plans in place to make sure the change doesn't have the detrimental impact that it did with some of the other sides.
"They'll know it won't be easy to maintain the level Pep has set but they'll be doing everything they can to make sure that whoever does replace him is able to keep standards as high as possible."
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