Pep Guardiola will not be under-estimating Albion.

No stone will be left unturned by the Spaniard in preparing his Manchester City players for their visit to the Amex on Saturday.

Former Albion manager Jeff Wood has twice been privy to the meticulous methods of Guardiola.

Wood, now head coach of international minnows Gibraltar, has revealed to The Argus the lengths Guardiola goes to in planning every training session and game.

Wood said: "In 2012, while coaching at Norwich, I was fortunate to be invited on a three-day visit to Barcelona to study Pep Guardiola and his methods. Paul Lambert, Ian Culverhouse and myself flew over and were allowed almost free access to the training ground and academy.

"I was fortunate again this year in January to spend four days at Manchester City on my Pro Licence staying on the Ethiad campus, taking in the training sessions and the Premier League game v Tottenham.

"We also had exclusive question and answer time at both venues.

"The stand-out factor on both trips was Pep's attention to detail on and off the pitch. There is phone signal or wi-fi in changing rooms, meeting rooms or dining rooms.

"All the rooms where players stay even had special lighting to give players the best possible sleep and rest time.

"No item of available sports science is missed. Everything is geared to optimising the chance of winning matches, from diet and nutrition, player and match analysis to recovery procedures. Only the most modern and professional methods are used.

"This filtered down to the academy players, who were exposed to these same professional standards."

The Argus: Training sessions were an education as well for 63-year-old former Charlton goalkeeper Wood (above left), who was Steve Gritt and Brian Horton's assistant at Albion before briefly taking charge when Horton left for Port Vale.

He said: "On the training pitch the same attention to detail applied, every session was meticulously planned with the next match in mind.

"Every session always included opposition, even crossing and finishing. When asked about this, Pep's reasoning was that good players responded better under pressure from an opponent, rather than being lazy with your touch or pass when there was no opposition.

"Sessions were always game related and delivered by his trusted coaching staff, with Pep overseeing everything. He has a clear method of working and accepts nothing less than 100 per cent at all times from his staff and players.

"He will leave nothing to chance and, in his own words, at the highest level it is the attention to the smallest detail that can be the difference between success and failure."