Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca has never shied away from talking about his old boss.
The young head coach admits there will be a clear influence of Pep Guardiola on his team this season.
The Foxes, who are in the Championship after relegation from the Premier League last term, want to come straight back up.
“With Pep, I played against Barcelona and it was different to play against them than any other team. So I wanted to understand why," Maresca told The Sun.
“It was exciting, brilliant. I was coaching the Under-23s at first but at the same time I was close to the first team so in that case you can do both.
“You can train, play the way you want with your squad but also learn because you're close to the first team so that was good. I learned last season that even though Man City have world-class players, there is so much work to do."
“You need to coach them every day. You need to teach them every day because they need to understand the way you want them to play. One thing I realized being there is that it's difficult to win games and that's something people struggle to understand. Only because you are at Man City, some people can think it's easy but it's not."
