Pep Guardiola is influenced by many games and sports, including chess, and uses them to help formulate new strategies and tactics, according to a new book on the Manchester City coach.
Spanish journalist Marti Perarnau's latest book, "Pep Guardiola: La Metamorfosis," was released in Spain on Thursday and is due to be published in English next month.
Perarnau writes in the book: "He is very interested in the influences of other sports: like how Magnus Carlsen approaches his chess openings, and he uses a certain interpretation of that in football when coming out with the ball.