Manchester City fullback Gael Clichy has likened Pep Guardiola to his former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Wenger is credited with transforming the outlook of English football, introducing a more cultured approach to coaching and playing.

“I've trained only a few weeks with Guardiola and I was eight years with Wenger," said full-back Clichy.

“There are a lot of similarities between the two, but also so much difference.

“In eight or nine years, Guardiola has won pretty much everything and he's changed the way we see football. He was probably one of the first to bring the full-backs really high, to put a midfield player as a centre-back.

“Wenger, years ago, brought something back from wherever he was into English football and kind of changed the way people see football.

“I guess the two of them are just great managers, but you could say the same for Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.

“Every manager has their own philosophy and for sure he's coming with his own ideas and it's quite refreshing for us."