One of the keys to become a long servant manager could be to find a good rotation among your assistants as you take on different impulse from different people.
One you have seen close to Pep this season is Juanma Lillo. He took charge of the team when Pep had his back operation earlier in the season. Lillo, 57, first moved to the Etihad Stadium in summer 2020, replacing Mikel Arteta as Guardiola’s assistant after guiding Qingdao Huanghai to promotion to the top-tier Chinese Super League. He left before City’s treble-winning campaign last season to take up a head coach role with Al‑Sadd in Qatar but came back to City this month.
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