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Pep Guardiola began life as Manchester City manager on Sunday by dismissing any chance of signing Lionel Messi and outlining his determination to silence critics who doubt he will be able to replicate his success at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.Guardiola, possibly the most coveted coach in world soccer, was welcomed by an estimated 6,000 City supporters at a fan event at the clubs Etihad Stadium campus.Presented alongside six players from across Citys various teams, in front of a screen bearing the motto It Begins, Guardiola was relaxed -- even to the point of answering a question from a heckling fan about whether Messi would be following him to City.Hes not a bad player, this guy, Guardiola responded, but I am sorry, Messi has to stay in Barcelona for the rest of his career.Guardiola has won 22 trophies -- including the Champions League twice -- since 2008, firstly with a Messi-inspired Barcelona until 2012 and then at Bayern Munich from 2013-16.City will be the biggest challenge of his career, though, given the strength in depth of the Premier League. City finished fourth in the league last season in Manuel Pellegrinis last year in charge.I proved myself where I was born in Barcelona and after I proved myself in Germany, Guardiola said, and I want to prove myself here.In an interview conducted by musician Noel Gallagher and published on Citys in-house TV channel, Guardiola also talked about answering the doubters.I know how hard the Premier League is, and some people have said that I will find it hard to play the football I like to play in England, Guardiola said. So I said to myself, `Why not? Thats why Im here -- because I want to try.I came here to learn, Guardiola told the supporters, to learn how the people live here, for my family, for my kids. Thats why Im always curious to move in Europe and learn what its like to live in England.Guardiola said he will need time to get to know his players.City said Guardiola will have an eight-strong backroom team including four assistant coaches, one of whom will be Mikel Arteta after the midfielder chose to retire following five seasons at Arsenal.Arteta began his career at Barcelona with its junior sides, when Guardiola was playing for the Spanish clubs first team.Rodolfo Borrell, Messis first coach at Barca with a reputation for nurturing young talent, will also be an assistant coach.Guardiola had a trial at City in 2005, when Stuart Pearce was the manager, but wasnt offered a contract.One of my dreams would have been to play here like a football player, he said. It was not possible and now my dream has come true.Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan and Spain forward Nolito have already joined City this offseason as Guardiola begins reshaping the squad. Nike Air Max Günstig . 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Russell Knox admits he is desperate to win the FedEx Cup to prove he should have been given a Ryder Cup wildcard.Knox was overlooked by Europe captain Darren Clarke despite missing out on automatic qualifying by a single place and being ranked 20th in the world, comfortably higher than Clarkes choices of Thomas Pieters, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer.The 31-year-old is currently seventh in the FedEx Cup standings on the PGA Tour -- Henrik Stenson is the next highest European at 21st -- and therefore in contention to win the overall title and $10 million bonus at the Tour Championship, which finishes just five days before plays gets under way at Hazeltine.Its certainly motivated me for the next three weeks, thats for sure, Knox said. I have to use this as a springboard to try and win the FedEx Cup. Ive never wanted to prove someone wrong so badly in my life I think.Its not sour grapes or anything. Darren had an extremely difficult decision and all of those three guys were worthy of a pick.When Darren called me it was obvious within one second that is wasnt going to be good news. It was a very short phone call. I didnt feel like I needed to ask any questions or give my opinion on anything. It was obvious that he had made up his mind and that was final. I respected his decision.I was very disappointed not have gotten the nod. But Ill use this as motivation over the next three weeks.Clarke admitted he had wanted Knox to play in the Wyndham Championship a fortnight ago to try to qualify, but that Knox wanted to be fresh for the FedEx Cup.I hope the decision not to play Wyndham ultimately had nothing to do with it, maybe it did, but Im sure no one will ever talk about that, Knox added. Im happy with the decision I made, I felt it was the best one for me and I dont think it would have made a difference anyway.Its going to be difficult for me to watch [the Ryder Cup] but I probably will and Ill be rooting foor the team of course.dddddddddddd I wish them all the best and hope they win.Of course I feel like I deserve to be there and should be playing but Im not, so I have to respect the decision thats been made.Every year theres a guy in my position that doesnt get picked and its a story right now, but in a couple of weeks time when it all starts, Im sure itll be forgotten that Im not in the team.Clarke revealed he had suffered sleepless nights over his decision but ultimately found it impossible to leave Pieters off the team after the 24-year-old finished fourth in the Olympics and second in the defence of his Czech Masters title the following week, before winning in Denmark on Sunday.That call to Russell was as hard a phone call as Ive ever had to make in golfing terms, added Clarke, who played with Pieters for the first two rounds in Denmark and saw him shoot a 62 on Thursday.Partly because I knew how much of a disappointment it would be, because in 2008, I won two weeks before the qualifying finished and it was my second win of the year and I didnt get a pick. So I know how much I was hurting at that stage.With five rookies qualifying automatically, albeit one of them being Masters champion Danny Willett, Clarke had made no secret of wanting to balance the team with experienced players.But the 48-year-old insisted Westwood had not been selected because of the pairs longstanding friendship, adding: I selected him because he brings something that no one else can bring to the Ryder Cup. This is his 10th one.He will be somewhat like the general amongst the team. Anything he says, everybody sits up and listens.Yes, we have six rookies and yes, its not like any other tournament. But the experienced guys will do what we do in the European way by looking after the first-time guys. ' ' '