But Begiristain will walk away next summer with the hiring of Sporting Director Hugo Viana in his place. A statement on the City website said: “Manchester City can confirm that Txiki Begiristain ...

“Txiki is the key to all of this,” Guardiola said years later. “When nobody else would take a risk on me, when maybe 3 per cent of the people at Barca believed in me, he was the one who ...

Pep Guardiola says Hugo Viana is the ideal replacement for Txiki Begiristain as the manager hailed the incoming Sporting Director’s calm and composed approach. Viana is currently collaborating ...

Txiki Begiristain will leave Man City at the end of the season Txiki Begiristain is set to leave Manchester City in the summer, with a replacement reportedly already lined up.

What Laporta's actions so far in the Filipe case have done is make it clear that Barcelona are desperate to sign a new left back, and have thus caused the ball to land firmly in Deportivo's court ...

He also feels that in his old Barcelona team-mate Txiki Begiristain, City have a key figure. Begiristain is the Blues highly respected technical director and Guardiola has immense faith in him.

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What is for sure is that, at the end of last season, the plan at City was that both Guardiola and Txiki, as he is exclusively known around the club, would leave in 2025.

Txiki Begiristain was integral to the appointment of Pep Guardiola in 2016 and his working relationship with the manager has seen City dominate the Premier League since.

I didn’t know almost anyone. But I knew them. “I had the hierarchy support me and it was not a surprise. I am so grateful because it could be different. “But I worked with them, especially with Txiki ...

Manchester City have confirmed the appointment of Hugo Viana as their new director of football. Viana replaces Txiki Begiristain after it was announced the Spaniard would step down at the end of ...