Manchester City had one player in particular that they were most keen to unveil to Pep Guardiola upon the Catalan’s arrival at the club in the summer of 2016.That is according to the words of

Begiristain's successes are inextricably linked to those of Guardiola. City fans will hope that that is not the case for their futures too..

When Manchester City fans displayed a banner at Etihad Stadium on Saturday pleading for their adored manager Pep Guardiola to stay, they probably weren't aware his close friend, ally and director of football Txiki Begiristain would be leaving the club this summer.