Pep Guardiola has a history of favouring technically gifted players — whether it be at Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Manchester City. Guardiola’s teams tend to dominate possession and for that to be executed, it is important for his players to be able to receive the ball, pass and control the game at a high level. Naturally, technically brilliant young players from Manchester City’s academy like Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Cole Palmer and James McAtee drew his attention. In the first-team as well, one would be hard-pressed to find even one player in City’s squad who does not possess technical qualit…