Down the road from Jose Mourinho’s hotel base in Manchester, Pep Guardiola will wake up in his luxury apartment on Friday and go through the final preparations for Saturday’s Old Trafford derby.
Two old rivals, barely a quarter of a mile apart, with what must feel like the whole world watching.
Guardiola has chosen to live here with his fashion designer wife Cristina Serra and their three children rather than join the football fraternity in the Cheshire countryside.
And he has wasted little time ringing the changes at his new club.