Thierry Henry Knows Exactly what it's like to Play under Pep Guardiola.

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Sky Sports Expert Thierry Henry was a key part of Barcelona's Treble-winning side under Pep Guardiola in 2008/09

The Sky Sports expert was an integral part of the Barcelona squad that won the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey under Guardiola in 2009 - and is perfectly placed to tell the Manchester City players and supporters what they can expect from their new boss next season.

How will he approach matches? What will he look to do in the transfer market? What's he like in the dressing room and on the training field?

Allow Thierry to bring you the insider's guide to the new Manchester City manager…

APPROACH

Pep Guardiola is famous for the brand of 'tiki-taka' he introduced at Barcelona, but what sort of approach will he bring to the Premier League?

THIERRY SAYS: What he is going to bring to Manchester City is a team that will possess the ball most of the time against any team. It will be a team that will score a lot of goals and a team that will also not concede a lot of goals. People keep forgetting his teams don't concede a lot of goals.

You will get intensity. He is very demanding. The word I will use is 'dominate' - because that's what he wants to do. Is he going to do that? Time will tell, but usually when he goes somewhere he wants to dominate. Let's see what is going to happen because he will have to adapt to the league.

Something which is very important is that he loves to defend from the front in the opposition half. He is ahead of the game and he loves to try to set his team in a certain way to avoid a counter.

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