Pep Guardiola has commented on Franck Ribery's scathing attack, during which the Bayern Munich star insisted the Spaniard "talks too much" and is "inexperienced".
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The Frenchman hit out at his former boss earlier this week, but Guardiola refused to enter into a war of words with the player.
"About Ribery, I must say I love him very much," he said at a press conference, as quoted by FourFourTwo.
"It's good that Ribery says I'm young. I'm here to learn."
Guardiola spoke after his side's 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Borussia Dortmund on the International Champions Cup, a week after the German side had thrashed Jose Mourinho's Manchester United 4-1.
He is reportedly still trying to set up another friendly after the derby against United was cancelled. The Citizens will face Arsenal on 7 August before opening their Premier League campaign against Sunderland a week later.
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The new City boss has already added Ilkay Gundogan, who is still recovering from injury, Nolito and Oleksandr Zinchenko to the club's playing roster in this transfer window.
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