Pep Guardiola will bring his own backroom staff to Eastlands when he takes the helm at Manchester City, but he is expected to retain the services of assistant coach Brian Kidd.

The Spaniard was announced Monday as the successor of Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season, and, according to Sam Wallace of the Telegraph, Kidd will be asked to stay on to offer continuity at the first-team level.

Kidd has a long-running association with football in Manchester, representing City, Manchester United, and nearby Bolton Wanderers in his playing days, and then coaching at United and a range of other clubs before returning to City as a youth coach. He was soon promoted as assistant to Roberto Mancini and, now aged 66, is in his seventh year back in sky blue.

Joining Kidd will be Guardiola's unfamiliar yet vastly successful trio of assistant Ruben Cousillas Fuse, goalkeeping coach Xabier Mancisidor, and fitness coach Jose Cabello.

It is hoped that Kidd will offer a valuable insight into the English game for his new colleagues - similar to the important job he undertook upon the hirings of Mancini and Pellegrini.

Guardiola's transition into the Premier League is hoped to be a seamless operation, considering that the manager is already apparently identifying his transfer targets and the excellent work Pellegrini would have completed come the close of his three-year tenure.

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