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Rodolfo Borrell is the former Liverpool academy chief now plotting their downfall as Pep Guardiola's henchman at Manchester City ahead of their Champions League clash

Pep Guardiola will benefit from some crucial inside knowledge ahead of Manchester City's Champions League clash with Liverpool on Wednesday thanks to a former Reds academy boss.

Rodolfo Borrell served as a Liverpool academy coach for four-and-a-half years before being axed by the Anfield club in November 2013.

He joined City in March 2014 as international technical director, working on relations between the Manchester club and their partner teams abroad, including New York City FC in MLS and Melbourne City in the Australian A-League.

Ex-Liverpool academy coach Rodolfo Borrell speaks to Pep Guardiola at Anfield on Tuesday
Ex-Liverpool academy coach Rodolfo Borrell speaks to Pep Guardiola at Anfield on Tuesday
Borrell is now a first team coach at City, having worked at Liverpool between 2009 and 2013
Borrell is now a first team coach at City, having worked at Liverpool between 2009 and 2013
Guardiola will look to dig out some inside knowledge ahead of their Champions League clash
Guardiola will look to dig out some inside knowledge ahead of their Champions League clash

He then became an academy coach, working with City's youth teams from under-9s to under-21s, before being brought into the first team coaching staff by Guardiola when he became manager in 2016.