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Pep Guardiola faces tough test in charge of Man City - Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup believes that bringing success to Manchester City will be the "biggest challenge" of Pep Guardiola's managerial career so far.

Laudrup, who was a teammate of Guardiola's at Barcelona and spent 20 months in charge of Swansea City, warned that the Premier League will be unlike anything he faced during his time at the Camp Nou and Bayern Munich.

"The Premier League is very difficult," Laudrup said in a Sky Sports documentary. "One week he's playing against Arsenal in one way, the week after he's playing a team that's more direct, whereas in Spain they all try to play the same way and in Germany as well.