Manchester City news: Ilkay Gundogan snubs Jurgen Klopp and picks Pep Guardiola as the best manager in the world
The German international has played under both bosses but thinks his current City chief is the better
ILKAY GUNDOGAN has snubbed former boss Jurgen Klopp by claiming Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world.
The German international played under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund where he won the Bundesliga in 2012 and reached the Champions League final a year later.
But Gundogan has picked his current boss at Manchester City as the man at the top of football management.
Gundogan said: "Both are world-class managers with their own qualities.
"It wouldn't be fair to say Jurgen is more emotional but when you see him on the sidelines living every minute, it's not hard to understand why Dortmund were so successful under him.
"Pep is equally passionate but in a different way. He is more like a genius who reads the game and covers every situation imaginable.
"He is always showing us how to create space and find solutions and there is no manager like him, which makes him probably the best in the world."
And Gundogan has warned that there is still a lot more to come from the team.
Gundogan added: "We're really happy to have this quality in the squad.