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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Purewal

Pep Guardiola jokes he’s ‘sorry’ for stopping Mikel Arteta from becoming Manchester City manager

Pep Guardiola believes Mikel Arteta would have been Manchester City manager – except he extended his own Etihad Stadium contract, and the Arsenal boss loves the Gunners.

Arsenal will face City at the Etihad Stadium tonight, with Guardiola’s former assistant back on his old North West stomping ground in the FA Cup fourth round.

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