STEAUA BUCHAREST owner Gigi Becali vowed to destroy Pep Guardiola’s dream of the Champions League with Manchester City.
The new City boss has been handed a tricky trip to Romania to secure a place in the group stages.
City will be fancied to go through — particularly with Guardiola’s excellent European pedigree — but Becali is backing Chelsea target Nicolae Stanciu, Adrian Popa and Jugurtha Hamroun to give City a headache.
Becali said: “We have five killers in the team.
“We’ll destroy City with Popa, Hamroun and Stanciu. Then I’ll sell Stanciu for 20million euros!”
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Steaua boss Laurentiu Reghecampf insists his team are capable of causing an upset.
He said: “I’m happy with the draw. City will motivate my players. Maybe we’ll do something outstanding and qualify.
“We have a small chance and we have to make the most of it.”
City avoided Roma and Monaco in the Nyon draw — and Raheem Sterling is confident they will progress.
However he admitted it will be a trip into the unknown.
He said: “It’s a good draw. We’re away first so need to go there and try to get a result. They must be a top team to be in the draw but there’s loads of homework to do.”
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