Guardiola and Mourinho will renew their rivalry in the Premier League following numerous spats during their time in La Liga with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
“Apart from that famous press conference [before the Champions League semi-final in 2011], if there was something between them, it was kept between Jose and Pep,” Torrent told Punt Avui.
“Manchester is a small place and I’m sure that they’ll see each other in restaurants. One day Mourinho can pay, the next day Pep. I don’t think Pep is worried about anything.”
Torrent, who has followed Guardiola from Bayern Munich to City, insists the Spaniard will not overhaul his new side’s style of play.
“I’ve said it many times: people sell the idea that Pep tried to changed German football and that he’ll try to change English football.
“It’s simply not like that. We went to Germany and we realised immediately that we had to learn the counter-attacking style and that football there was much more physical. We then had to combine that with the idea of possession football.
“Bayern won the treble with a style that went from one extreme to the other. Pep controlled how they played a bit more. He adjusted ideas about football in Germany and in the Premier League we’ll try to do the same.
“There are many different ways to play the game and each of them can be successful. Pep’s not going there to lecture anybody.”
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