Pep Guardiola welcomes back coach as Fernandinho hints at Kalvin Phillips' Man City role
These are your Manchester City evening headlines for Tuesday, July 5.
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Tuesday, July 5.
Pep Guardiola picks new No2 as Enzo Maresca completes City backroom staff
Enzo Maresca has rejoined Manchester City as one of Pep Guardiola's backroom staff with Rodolfo Borrell becoming the new No.2 at the club. Borrell joined City in 2014 after leaving Liverpool and after a few years with the academy became one of Guardiola's assistants when the Catalan arrived at the Etihad in 2016 .
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After working with three different No.2s on the coaching staff , Borrell — who took charge of the team at Swindon in the FA Cup in January amid a Covid outbreak in the squad — will now become Guardiola's right-hand man following the departure of Juanma Lillo.
Fernandinho comment opens Kalvin Phillips up to new City role
So complete has Fernandinho been for so long at Manchester City that it is easy to forget how he started off.
As soon as Pep Guardiola arrived he said the Brazilian had the intelligence to play all over the pitch, but he turned into the perfect No.6 behind two No.8s in the 2017/18 season as City dominated the Premier League like nobody had ever seen.
Fernandinho became known as the snarling pitbull that whipped out tactical fouls to defend his team whenever Kevin De Bruyne or David Silva lost the ball — a role he did better than anybody.
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