Heading into his 37th season as a coach, Real Betis boss Manuel Pellegrini tells BBC Sport about his time at Manchester City and West Ham.
The 70-year-old Chilean has had a remarkable career, managing clubs in six countries, winning trophies in five - and he estimates he has been in charge for more than 1,500 games.
They talked with me three or four months before and said they were going for Pep, but if Pep wasn’t going to be their coach, I was. When you work with Txiki and Ferran, you know they will not fire you because of a couple of results. I knew I would finish my contract. They give you a lot of security. For different reasons you can have bad moments. But in that moment, as a manager, you must be sure the owners will continue. They did so many things for me to go to West Ham, but the first thing that went wrong, they sacked me. That is not the style of club that I like.
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