Villa backs Guardiola to turn around City fortunes


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 18 Jan 2017

Britain Soccer Football - Everton v Manchester City - Premier League - Goodison Park - 15/1/17 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith Livepic

MANHATTAN BEACH, California (Reuters - Former Barcelona and Spain striker David Villa has backed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to overcome teething troubles and turn around the fortunes of the Premier League club.

Having enjoyed great success with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola was brought in by City to take the club into the European elite but so far the Spaniard is struggling to compete on the domestic front.

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