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Key takeaways
- His departure this summer was finally confirmed on Friday morning, but it came after plenty of foreshadowing.
- Take his appearance at Edgeley Park for Stockport County's third-tier fixture against Port Vale at the end of April.
- The official reason given for the surprise visit was that the Manchester City manager had promised Stockport owner, Mark Stott -- Guardiola's landlord -- that he would attend a game.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
His departure this summer was finally confirmed on Friday morning, but it came after plenty of foreshadowing.
Take his appearance at Edgeley Park for Stockport County's third-tier fixture against Port Vale at the end of April.
The official reason given for the surprise visit was that the Manchester City manager had promised Stockport owner, Mark Stott -- Guardiola's landlord -- that he would attend a game. The joke answer delivered by Guardiola at a news conference three days later was that he had nothing else to do that night because, in his words, the Champions League semifinal first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich -- which ended 5-4 and was considered by many to be an instant classic -- was a "s--- game."