Author Marti Perarnau enjoyed unprecedented access to Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich and last summer in the run-up to taking the job at Manchester City.
Here in extracts from his new book based on extensive interviews with the City manager, Perarnau explains how Guardiola realised he would need to ask for more control than had been afforded his predecessors at the club — and how the Manchester City board, alarmed by the lacklustre display against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final last year, agreed that the squad needed a radical overhaul.
During his time in Germany Pep began to perceive his role differently and was determined that at Manchester City his remit should be clearly established from the start.