Hugh MacDonald meets Marti Perarnau: The Man who knows Pep Guardiola best

THE verdicts are delivered without fuss.

This will Pep Guardiola’s toughest challenge. It may take him three seasons to achieve what he wants at Manchester City. Guardiola will have to change what made him successful at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. And the Manchester City players will be sentenced to a period of unrelenting hard labour.

The judgments have been made by someone who has watched Guardiola on the training ground, has been privy to both the coach’s methods and his secrets and has earned the respect of the Catalan. Marti Perarnau spent a season with extraordinary access at Bayern Munich. He was allowed on to the training field, into the gyms and dressing rooms and into the players’ restaurant.