Maresca had a spell on Guardiola's staff at City before he left for Leicester City.
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Guardiola said: "I'm really happy for himwe spent a special year together. He is an incredible and lovely person. And his family too.
"He's done a really good, incredible job at Leicester: promotion to the Premier League and now he's in one of the top five or six teams in England. I wish him the best because he deserves it . Good people deserve the best.
"As a manager he is successful because he has the most important thing. Being a manager means believing deeply in something, but really, deeply, deeply. Whatever the results are, I stay true to my idea. And that's why he believes in what he does. And he will be successful."