Pep Guardiola’s former manager Juanma Lillo has been reunited with the Catalan as Manchester City’s new assistant boss, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
Lillo, 54, left his post as coach of Qingdao Huanghai last week with the Chinese side claiming he was returning to Spain to look after his “seriously ill” mother.
“Manchester City has enjoyed much success over recent seasons and played a brand of beautiful football we have come to expect from this club and its manager.”Lillo and Guardiola first teamed up at Mexican side Dorados at the end of Guardiola’s playing career in 2006. According to The New York Times in 2016, Lillo described the City manager as “one of the most important people in my life, like a son to me”.
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