Check out Juergen Klopp's warm welcome for Manchester City's new manager Pep Guardiola

They may have been bitter rivals in Bundesliga when day in and day out Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund used would go head to head against each other to capture the highest honour in Germany. But Juergen Klopp has cordially welcomed his long time competitor Pep Guardiola to England after the latter was appointed the manager of Manchester City, starting from 2016-17 season.

“It will be a very warm welcome like I had when I came here,” said Klopp. “He is one of the best managers in the world, no doubt about this. He had two big, big clubs where he has worked at and now he will do his job at Manchester City."

“Pep won everything in Spain, nearly everything in Germany so I think he wants to win everything in England that is clear. I know him but not good enough to know something about his real targets or reasons for coming here. The rumour for a long time was Man City and Pep seemed to be good friends or something like this so now they come together in summer. I think it is good for both of course," Klopp added.

Klopp said the challenge of working in England appeals to all the elite coaches. “In my case I heard a lot about English football, I watched a lot of English football but I never felt it and I wanted to feel it - that was my reason and I wanted to do something different in another country. Part of my life plan was to live and work in England once in my life but I thought about this when I didn't know I would become a football manager," he said.