Pep Guardiola is the greatest football coach of all time with what he did at Barcelona, ???Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Those are the words of Jamie Redknapp, who praised the City manager after winning his fifth Premier League title under Guardiola in his seventh season in English football.
Guardiola's City have been a Premier League winner in recent years and are now on track for a treble, matching the feat achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson's only side Manchester United in 1999.
There has been debate in recent days about Guardiola's rank in all-time managerial positions, with Redknapp claiming he has eclipsed the likes of Ferguson and others across Europe. .
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"I think he's the greatest of all time," Redknapp said on Sky Sports. "And why I say that is [because] he changed football. There are great managers if you go through history:
Arrigo Sacchi, what he did with AC Milan, the managers that changed football forever and he was definitely one of them. Johan Cruyff, what he did in defence.
"But when you watch football now, in midfield or wherever, everyone plays Pep's way, plays in defence. We thought it was impossible, but he changed. awareness of everyone's play, midfielders entering different areas, exiting, dividing the defence. Advertisement
"He won 11 domestic titles in 14 years, 28 majors. You can also talk about Sir Alex Ferguson or Bill Shankly, but for me [Pep] changed football forever."
As Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones has pointed out, Guardiola is still a long way from Ferguson's 13 Premier League titles. And the Catalan coach has won the Champions League as many times as Ferguson - twice each.
He has a chance to go beyond that and win his first Champions League with a side other than Barcelona when City take on Inter Milan in the final in Istanbul on June 10. Advertisement
A Manchester derby also awaits in the FA Cup final on June 3 - another key piece in the treble.
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