Pellegrini could make shock Chelsea move

Guardiola, who turned 45 on January 18, won 14 titles with Barcelona in a four-year coaching spell, including the Champions League in 2009 and 2011.

Toure and Guardiola worked together at Barcelona between 2008 and 2010 before the midfielder moved to the Premier League.

With Pep Guardiola’s move to Manchester City now complete, the brightest managers and the biggest clubs were obviously asked to weigh in on the news that dominated transfer window deadline day.

The match was City’s first since the club announced that Pep Guardiola would replace Manuel Pellegrini as manager at the end of the season, but goalkeeper Joe Hart denied the impending arrival increased pressure for the players to perform.

It has always been an open secret that Manchester City had their eyes on Guardiola to fire their own bid for European honours.

“And from United’s point of view, who is the best manager out there?”

“Pep won everything in Spain, almost everything in Germany, so I think he wants to win everything in England, that is clear”.

Manchester City have the best squad in the country, but hopefully Klopp can bring ours closer to theirs during the summer – and take on his former rival with the advantage of a year’s extra Premier League experience.

“There is still a way to go between us and those clubs, and it will be hard for Guardiola to bridge that gap straight away”.

Pellegrini guided them to Premier League and Capital One Cup success in his first season, but the team failed to defend their title last season.

And Parker said: “He has been an absolute gentleman and dealing with this situation the way he has is a credit to him”.

However with his close friends from his time at Barcelona, Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain, employed as chief executive and director of football respectively at Manchester City, Hiddink doesn’t think he will struggle too much. “I have not met him or talked to him but I admire the approach of his football and his teams”, he said.

“He is well loved by City fans”. We really enjoy playing under Manuel.

“He can’t go back to Chelsea, Liverpool have got a new manager, Man City have got a new manager, Arsenal have got a manager they’re not going to change, so all of a sudden there’s one job”.