Gracias Pep Guardiola!

Friday April 27th, FC Barcelona held a press conference to announce the resigning of Pep Guardiola. After his four year reign, leading the team to 13 titles, Guardiola has finally decided to step down. He is to leave on June 30th. For any FC Barcelona fan, this is probably the saddest news that has hit the FCB community. I respect his reasons to leave. He has done so much for the club and being a manager for such a high-profile club is very demanding. Gracias Pep for everything you have! Where ever the world may take you next, I only hope the best for you! You were probably the best manager to ever manage FC Barcelona!

So better news though, the person who is take Guardiola's place is none other than his right hand man, the assistant coach Tito Vilanova. To me this is a great move because he and the players know each other well and being Guardiola's right hand man, he knows the Barca way. The media even claims him as "Pep's twin". Like Pep said in his press conference, Vilanova played a very crucial role in deciding what happens with the team etc. Guardiola was just the one voicing these ideas etc. I really can't wait to see what's going to happen next year to see how Vilanova will manage one of the best clubs in the world!

Gracias Pep and good luck Tito!