Asked about Marmoush, Guardiola shrugged and said that the transfer was mostly the work of Txiki Begiristain ... part of that great Deportivo La Coruna team at the turn of the century.

He and Txiki Begiristain, another with Barcelona in his blood, sought to bring him to City. They only belatedly succeeded, years later, at a cost that touches on £50m. Not signing Nico Gonzalez ...

Echeverri, labelled the 'next Lionel Messi ' by Argentine journalists and pundits, has now arrived in Manchester following a magnificent Under-20 South American Championship campaign, where he ...

Fran worked for two years as part of City’s setup after playing with the club’s sporting director Txiki Begiristain for two years at Deportivo and with Guardiola for Spain. In 2016 he joined ...

Last year, he completed a FIFA Diploma in Club Management, and in the documentary he is filmed in a phone conversation with City Sporting Director Txiki Begiristain who asks him when he will ...