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. However, it quickly emerged that Lillo was in line to replace Mikel Arteta, who took charge of Arsenal in December, as Guardiola’s number two.’“I am delighted to have joined Manchester City’s coaching staff,” Lillo said in a City statement. 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”. City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain added: “We are delighted to welcome Juanma to Manchester City.

Source: Punch June 09, 2020 18:22 UTC