Pep Guardiola set to leave Man City with perfect parting gift for Enzo Maresca

Pep Guardiola will step down as Manchester City manager at the end of the season, with former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca set to replace him

The end of an era is upon us. Pep Guardiola, the man who spent a decade radically reshaping the very DNA of English football, is packing away his turtlenecks and preparing to say farewell to Manchester City this weekend.

For the blue side of Manchester, it is a genuinely unsettling thought. Replacing a footballing deity is difficult enough on its own. Replacing one for whom lifting trophies has felt as…