City are already preparing for the fallout of the departure, with reports suggesting that the club’s hierarchy has begun the process of notifying key stakeholders.
It is thought that City have begun to tell their sponsor partners that the announcement is imminent. The news has also been an open secret among some of those close to Guardiola for several weeks.
The timing of the departure is designed to allow for a grand farewell. It is expected that the news will be confirmed some time on Sunday, in time for Guardiola’s stunning impact on English football to be celebrated at an open-top bus parade on Monday.
It is said the parade build-up will start at Manchester's Northern Quarter at 4pm before finishing outside the Colin Bell Stand reception at the Etihad Stadium an hour later.