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Pep Guardiola does what many Mancunians do when they want to watch a game … and surrender to his local boozer
The Manchester City boss is declared perfectly happy with life in the city , and supported that by signing
And, although he had spent the previous nine years of his coaching career in the beautiful city of Barcelona and in the history of the city of Munich Guardiola learned to love Manchester
. The friend Domenec Torrent, who put an end to his 11-year employment relationship this summer in New York
Until then, the two men lived a five-minute walk from one of the other, Torrent at No. 1 Deansgate and Guardiola On the other side of the Irwell River, one of the luxury apartments of the City Suites.
Torrent revealed that his friends had warned him, Guardiola and the rest of their Catalan staff did not leave Bayern for ugly, "industrial" Manchester, but they decided to see for themselves.
"I was surprised at Manchester because a lot of people before when we lived in Munich were saying" Oh no, it's horrible "& # 39; 39 "Torrent, who had this week a meeting with Guardiola, with City for a five-day tour in New York as part of their US tour.
"A lot of people have said that, but it's a good city to live in. People have said that it was industrial, maybe 20 years ago, but now it's a good thing. is incredible, all these industrial buildings are now apartments. "
And when a reporter reminded Torrent that the partner of Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea complained that the city looked like "The back of a fridge", Torrent: "He is happy to live there, but it was a surprise to me."
"Okay, maybe the time I accept that – in Spain, even in Munich, the weather is much better.
" We can not change the weather. But when you get there, you say OK
"In Manchester, you have the same jacket and you use it in February and then the rest of the year.
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"The first time we came to Manchester with Pep in July and every day it rained. We said "How is this possible?"
But Guardiola loves the Manchester music scene, enjoying the fact that there is a myriad of concerts, plays, and events every night.
He is a jazz fan, like Torrent, and the New York chef revealed that both would play soft background music while they were plotting the destruction of football opponents.
"Just relaxing music – jazz, maybe Sade, no rock music," says Torrent.
"Pep loves music in general and I am the same.We always worked in the office with music.
" One can create a big band, because in Manchester, with the staff, there are three or four who play guitar, piano
"Mikel Arteta? He is the singer."
The 56-year-old, who started with Guardiola for his first job # 39; coach in the Barcelona B team in 2007, has always been very close to the boss of the city.
And they would explore Manchester and further afield: "We lived in the center but when we had free time enjoyed visiting other places – York, the Lake District, sometimes London and Wales. I like to know a lot about other places.
"Especially in City, I liked Heaton Park.
"We enjoyed exploring and seeing new cities and new places. Every day in Manchester we went to the city, the canals. "
English cuisine is often taken care of by foreign footballers, but Torrent says he and Guardiola love Manchester restaurants – although the gaffer just opened his own place .Teater, on King Street [19659031] Manchester City director Pep Guardiola and his wife Cristina Serra dine in downtown Manchester ” content=”https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article12023048.ece/ALTERNATES/s615d/0_ECE_09_PEP_TATTU.jpg”/>
Torrent stars Fazenda Fernandinho, the midfielder Blues, also frequented several great Italian restaurants, and the legendary Chinese Yang Sing and Wing's
They were not even discouraged by the decorations on the walls of Wing's, lair of stars
] "The pictures up there – Park, Van Gaal. We did not have our picture, "said Torrent with a smile.
"Fish and chips was amazing, traditional English. Vinny Kompany spoke about it and it was amazing.
"We had two amazing years in Manchester.We were comfortable in the city.
" It's very different. For Pep in Barcelona, it's not easy for him to walk the streets or go to the movies. So many people are like "Pep! Pep!
"In Manchester, like Munich, people respect you and ask for photos and autographs only if you have the time."
But where do Guardiola and Torrent go? "With Pep and Mikel, we often went to the Premier League or the Champions League at the restaurant – Juan Mata's restaurant," he said, referring to Deansgate's bustling restaurant, Tapeo.
"We would have a private room with a TV and we did it a couple of times – yes it's Manchester United but it's Juan Mata – and it's a friend." 19659002] "It was not a problem for Pep to walk the streets to go to restaurants, that's not a problem. he was a legend and people had a lot of passion for Pep. "
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