Pep Guardiola and his wife are set to divorce imminently, as fears grow that their split could hurt Manchester City.
The details of the Spanish football manager’s divorce from wife Cristina Serra are expected to be finalised within weeks and made official as early as next month, The Sun reports.
The couple had hoped to keep their separation on friendly terms, but there is now ‘more urgency’ as their relationship seems to have deteriorated, sources said.
Pep’s relationship from estranged wife Cristina has reportedly moved from ‘friendly to cordial’ amid ‘complicated negotiations’.
Spanish journalists Laura Fa, who broke the story of their split said: ‘The signing of this divorce is going to be imminent. Evidently their relationship sentimentally has come to an end.’
And there are now fears his marriage troubles could overshadow the start of the new season, sources say.
Daily Mail has approached Manchester City for comment.
Pep, 54, and Cristina, 52, have been together for 30 years and got married in 2014.
Pep Guardiola and his wife are set to divorce imminently, sources say
Manchester City manager Guardiola and Serra split earlier this year after 30 years together
Guardiola’s decision to sign an two-year deal at Man City reportedly contributed to the split
Cristina, who runs a fashion business, struggled to settle in Manchester and moved back to Spain five years ago.
The couple reportedly agreed to go their separate ways in December shortly after he signed a new contract with the football club, with sources claiming that it was the last straw for Cristina.
The estranged couple even hired the same lawyer to avoid a messy divorce.
They both attended an Oasis concert in Heaton Park last month with their two children Maria, 24, and Marius, 22, but were not pictured together.
The Manchester City’s boss marriage troubles, which were first reported in January, also come during his worst slump as the club’s manager.
Pep has already said he will leave the club in 2027 after his contract runs out to ‘focus on myself’.
It was claimed back in April that the couple had been trying to give their marriage a second chance after Pep and his fashion entrepreneur wife spent three days together at their former Barcelona marital home over Easter.
It was the second time since news of their shock split became public in January that the former Barcelona footballer had travelled to the Catalan capital and spent time with Cristina.
Guardiola and Serra pictured with daughter Maria after City won the Treble in Istanbul
The couple pictured at the pro-am at the PGA Championship in Wentworth, Surrey in 2018
Barcelona-based newspaper El Nacional said after the second reunion they were prepared to ‘give each another chance’ and claimed ‘all was not lost in their marriage.’
But the journalists who broke the story of their shock split have shot down the chances of a fresh start for Pep and Cristina after their decision to call time on their 30-year relationship.
Lorena Vasquez, one of a duo of well-respected Spanish showbiz reporters who call themselves the Mamarazzis, went on a Spanish TV show in February to say they had launched divorce proceedings which were ‘amicable’ because they were using the same lawyer.
She also linked the split again to the Man City manager’s unexpected decision last November to renew his contract with the Premier League club until 2027.
