FAN VIEW: Pep Guardiola's fight for this club shows how much he understands Manchester City

That  is what I want to see in my football manager. He came out fighting and spoke for every single Manchester City fan today.

When the news broke on Monday, it was seismic. But he came out swinging, throwing every punch he could. He was representing how we felt and I cannot tell you the difference in my mood after watching it.

My first thoughts when the news came out on Monday were, ‘Here we go again!’. It sent me spiralling and I kept thinking, ‘Where do we go from here?’. I wondered how we could move forward with such a heavy cloud over the football club.

The season has hit a bump on the road and I thought this might completely derail the campaign. It was a moment of despair when the news broke. Will Pep Guardiola stay? Will the players stay? Will we be allowed to make signings?

But now I feel happy and so glad he’s done this ahead of a massive match on Sunday.

There have been times where Pep has called out the fans and it has not sat right with me. But this week and underlines how much he understands the club.

The way he cried when we won the title last season, I thought, ‘You’re one of us now, Pep’.

The fans will be there no matter what. People can take the trophies away but they will never take away the memories that we’ve lived through.

As fans, we are on the front line. We wear the shirts. I know it’s an old-school mentality but I’ve lived through so much worse with this football club. I signed up to support them when we were a club on the slide.

I didn’t sign up for trophies… I fell in love with the club for all of its flaws but also for being an ugly duckling and not conforming.

Nearly all City fans have experienced the rollercoaster ups and downs of this club. I wouldn’t have it any other way and I wouldn’t have my manager the other way.