Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has backed Pep Guardiola to "transform the team to a whole new level" ahead of the Spaniard's impending arrival at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola will officially take up office in Manchester on July 1, but Goal can confirm that he has already made two secret visits to City's training headquarters in the past fortnight.
The Catalan, along with two members of his backroom staff, first arrived at the City Football Academy at the end of May, and was in attendance once again on Friday as he met senior club officials, including Txiki Begiristain and Brian Kidd.
He also met with Al Mubarak in Dubai last week following the City chairman's now customary annual review of the season.
And the City chief is confident Guardiola will bring "passion and commitment" to the Etihad as he looks to overhaul the squad that "disappointed" in Manuel Pellegrini's final season in charge.
"I’m absolutely excited about Pep joining our team," Al Mubarak told City's official website. "I consider Pep to be one of the best, if not the best, managers today in football.
"We are getting a manager that epitomises, in my view, passion and commitment. He’s a winner, he’s a proven winner, he has won professionally in every team he has coached, his record at Bayern Munich, his record at Barcelona, I think speaks for itself. The trophies he’s won… every single club competition out there, from the Champions League to La Liga to the Bundesliga, to the respective cups in both leagues he’s played.
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