Man City get their man as Guardiola lands

Manchester City pulled off a spectacular coup on Monday by naming Pep Guardiola as their manager from next season, after a courtship lasting four years. Guardiola, who leaves Bayern Munich at the end of the season, will take over from Chilean Manuel Pellegrini on a three-year deal reportedly worth more than £15 million ($21.5 million, 20 million euros) a year. City, bankrolled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, released a statement saying they had in recent weeks "commenced and finalis