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Why top clubs are clamouring for 'Diet Peps': Guardiola's impact on the game is so complete even Chelsea and Bayern Munich gambling on coaches who play his way... as Mikel Arteta shows what can be done

Pep Guardiola's fingerprints are all over English football nowadays.

From the Premier League to Sunday morning cloggers on park pitches, everybody is trying to play out from the back, invert their full backs and strangle the opposition into submission through possession.

No coach in the modern era has been as influential on how the national sport is played. Teams want to be 'Man City lite' for the simple reason they're so successful.

It's likely Guardiola will only spend one more season at the Etihad but his influence will endure.