The manager who transformed Manchester City from occasional champions
into the most dominant force English football has ever witnessed, Pep
Guardiola’s place among the immortals of the game is beyond question.
The Catalan arrived at the Etihad Stadium in 2016 already revered as a
generational genius and proceeded to spend a decade proving every word
of it. In ten extraordinary years on the blue half of Manchester, Guardiola
accumulated 20 trophies, transformed how the Premier League could be played
and won, and delivered City their long-dreamed-of first Champions League
crown in that unforgettable treble season of 2022–23. His ‘Centurions’ side
of 2017–18, the first team in English football history to reach 100 points, set a
standard that remains untouched. Four consecutive Premier League titles –
another achievement without precedent in the history of the English top flight –
confirmed that under Guardiola, greatness was not an event but a habit.
Long before he contemplated his farewell, Pep’s name was already spoken in the same
breath as the club’s all-time greats, and rightly so. He didn’t just win at Manchester
City. He changed what winning looked like. Relive the breathtaking Etihad era of the
Catalan mastermind who made Manchester City the envy of the world.
