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Pep Guardiola: Man City 'will take more time' to win than Bayern or Barcelona

Pep Guardiola has told Sky Sports that Manchester City could be his toughest managerial challenge yet.

Having previously inherited Barcelona and Bayern Munich teams that included Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm and Thomas Muller, Guardiola thinks it could take some time before he is able to put together a squad he is completely happy with.

"It will take a longer time to put the team out I want," he said. "The other clubs, for many other reasons, were a little bit closer. Here it will take more time.

"That's what I like.