On the evening of May 25th, Beijing time (CEST), Guardiola's eldest daughter, Maria, posted on social media to pay tribute to her father.
Maria Guardiola wrote: "Dad ♥️ In the blink of an eye, 10 years have passed, 10 seasons, hundreds of away games, trips to Wembley, too many Bernabéu nights, and millions of memories. Football has always been more than just a sport."
"It dictated where we lived, how often we moved, what languages we learned, what friends we made, and the emotions we felt. As long as I can remember, my memories have been of football fields."
"We moved to Doha, Mexico, Rome, Brescia, Barcelona, New York, Munich, and Manchester. Thank you for giving us a childhood built around sports, something so rare and special."
"We've moved again, the 8th time in 14 years. Manchester is hard to put into words. You changed the most respected league in the world. You achieved things and broke records that may never be repeated, and we got to experience it all from the closest seats."
"The happiest and saddest tears all came from football, because watching you live so intensely every second made us feel everything with you, those 90 minutes when the world seemed to stop."
"We feel that people forget quickly because football moves fast, and a new season always begins. But with time, we will realize just how impossible those numbers are: 41 trophies in 16 years."
"Years from now, people will talk about football, trying to explain the feeling of this era. They will talk about your teams and the feelings they brought to people. Because besides trophies, you gave us memories that escape real life."
"It has been an honor to watch and support you for nearly 25 years. Thank you for always keeping us close to everything, for including us. The greatest honor has been to experience all of this with you."
"For ordinary people, football fans, and opponents, we will miss seeing you on screen every week, because without realizing it, there is a last game, a last whistle, and none of us are truly ready for that moment."
"Thank you, Dad and Mom. The beautiful things in our lives always trace back to this sport. For the world, these are historic football moments; for us, these are family memories. I don't think we realized it as we were living it, that we were in the midst of football history, and that will last long after the final whistle ♥️."