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Ex-Man City boss Pellegrini confirmed Hebei China Fortune coach

Former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is taking a job in China.

Chinese Super League club Hebei China Fortune have confirmed Pellegrini as their new manager.

Pellegrini guided City to their first Champions League semi-final last season, but announced in February that he would leave the Etihad Stadium on June 30, with the club immediately naming Pep Guardiola as his successor.

The 62-year-old Chilean, who won the Premier League - in 2014 - and two League Cups - in 2014 and 2016 - with City after taking over in 2013, joins big-name coaches Sven-Goran Eriksson of Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou Evergrande's Luis Felipe Scolari in China.

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