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Wigan boss Cook welcomes chance of Guardiola challenge

Wigan Athletic boss Paul Cook is looking forward to testing himself against Manchester City's Pep Guardiola.

City meet Wigan in the FA Cup tonight and Cook will be happy to have a drink with the Catalan.

The Wigan manager's style is down to earth, having bought in a bottle of wine from his local supermarket for Hammers manager David Moyes last month.

“Will I share a drink with Pep? Yes, a can of Skol!" he said. “We respect Pep, but our drinks cabinet won't change for anybody – I think we got David Moyes a £12 bottle of wine from Tesco.

“We'll show Pep the utmost respect and I'm sure by the time he leaves he'll have a good experience of Wigan, but we are not here to make best friends with Manchester City and have everyone pat us on the back after they've beaten us by five and say, 'Have a good season'. We want to try to win a game of football."

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