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Man City nearly signed Pep Guardiola 15 years ago - until Juanma Lillo intervened
Manchester City – as he denied Blues fans the pleasure of seeing Pep Guardiola play in a blue shirt!The current City boss had a short trial period with the Blues in 2005, and the then-boss Stuart Pearce was keen on signing the former Barcelona ace, who impressed everyone with his ability in training.But City could not offer much money-wise, and Guardiola got a call from the other side of the world which sat nicely with his sense of duty and destiny.It was from Lillo, who had been appointed as manager of Mexican outfit Dorados De Sinaloa, and wanted Guardiola to join him.That appealed to Guardiola – Lillo, dubbed “the last revolutionary of Spanish football”, was one of his coaching heroes, and he had pledged, several years earlier, that he
