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Pep Guardiola has been backed by Carlo Ancelotti to turn Manchester City into a force in the Champions League.

City have yet to make it past the last 16 and have lured Guardiola to the Etihad after years of trying in the hope he can win them the Champions League.

Guardiola will be backed by City's biggest ever transfer budget this summer and Ancelotti cannot see how he will fail.

Ancelotti, who will succeed Guardiola at Bayern Munich in the summer, claims Guardiola plus Sheikh Mansour's chequebook will be an unstoppable combination in Europe.

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"Behind Manchester City there is a group that provide a lot of money.

"They will become more of a dominant force in the Champions League now that they have a new manager and more investment."