Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich offers Pep Guardiola total control

Pep Guardiola announces his exit from Barcelona at the
end of the season which signals the end of an era

Chelsea representatives are expected to meet Pep Guardiola in the next few days to discover whether he can finally be persuaded to join the club now that he has formally announced he is quitting Barcelona.

Talks have been ongoing over the past few months with Guardiola as Roman Abramovich has sought to persuade the Spaniard to become the next manager at Stamford Bridge.
The billionaire has already promised Guardiola ‘carte blanche’ at Chelsea in terms of how the club are run and structured and which players are bought and sold.
Despite Guardiola’s denials on Friday, it is maintained by Chelsea sources that he did meet Abramovich and the Russian’s highly-influential personal assistant, Marina Granovskaia, in Paris. It is also believed that Guardiola has discussed the matter with former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is now the head coach of Paris St-Germain.
Guardiola has been Abramovich’s first choice to take over at Chelsea and he even considered trying to persuade him in the run-up to last season’s Champions League final before confirming an offer to Andre Villas-Boas who was subsequently sacked in March.