Manchester primed for latest clash of rival managers Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho

When Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho renew acquaintances on Saturday lunchtime at Old Trafford, one of modern football’s great personal rivalries will take another twist.

Back in Spain, where animosity between the pair boiled over, the Catalan and Madrid media have already begun to crank up the tension, filling column inches with ‘greatest hits’ recollections of their fiercest spats.

The new Manchester City and Manchester United managers, for a short time colleagues at Barcelona in the late 1990s, are now regarded as being as far away from friends as any two fellow professionals can be.