Guardiola twice steered Barca to Champions League glory before leaving at the end of the 2011-12 season and switching to Bayern.
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UEFA announced the deal on Friday after months of talks with the influential European Club Association, whose members raised an old threat of breaking away to form a closed Super League dominated by the rich and storied elite.
The draw for the group stage of the Europa League was held this afternoon at 13:00 CET at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
In the Champions League he struck home an incredible 16 goals in 12 games en route to lifting the trophy, with four assists.
Europe’s governing body have confirmed that the top four teams from the four highest-ranked leagues will have four automatic places in the Champions League group stage from the 2018-19 season onwards.
Here is a quick look at the groups, last season’s runners-up Atletico Madrid face a tough group with five-time winners Bayern Munich, Eindhoven from the Netherlands and new-comers Rostov of Russian Federation.
Defending champions Real Madrid, who won a record 11th European Cup last season, were paired with Borussia Dortmund in Group F alongside Portugal s Sporting and Legia Warsaw of Poland.
“Pep knows the group very well – obviously Barcelona but also Borussia Monchengladbach from his time in Germany”.
UEFA have explained the new changes for the Champions League group stage, which will take effect from 2018.
At this stage, this would see the Premier League, LaLiga, the Bundesliga and Serie A all enter four sides at the group stage, ensuring less diversity across Europe’s top-tier tournament.
“It’s a hard draw and we have to be careful”, he said.
They were pitted against Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen in Group G, with fixtures to take place between September 14 and December 7.
Group A: Paris St-Germain (France), Arsenal (England), Basel (Switzerland), Ludogorets (Bulgaria).
Last season they reached the quarter-final stage where they pushed Bayern Munich hard over both legs with a narrow 3-2 aggregate defeat.
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These games against Bayern, Atletico and PSV would teach us important lessons while could be considered as a launching pad for any of us at Rostov.
