Guardiola’s axed XI

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Pep Guardiola’s decision to sign Claudio Bravo rather than stick with Joe Hart as his first-choice Manchester City goalkeeper was a major call by the incoming head coach.

But history shows that Guardiola isn’t afraid of such decisions. In fact, his spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich saw many big-name players moved on…

Barcelona

The departure of World Cup-winning utility man Gianluca Zambrotta might have been anticipated but Ronaldinho was Barcelona’s biggest star. That wasn’t enough to persuade Guardiola to keep him at the club. Xavi recently recalled that it was in their very first training session that the new coach emphasised the importance of hard work, putting him at odds with Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian was moved on to AC …

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