Pep Guardiola: The coach of the decade

After a surprisingly barren opening year at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has led his side to two titles in 2017/18 with the Premier League now wrapped up with plenty of time to spare.

"It's one of the best [achievements] by far," said the coach ahead of Sunday's confirmation. "The first league with Barcelona was a dream come true and winning the Champions League against [Manchester] United was also so nice, especially the way we played."

The league trophy and the League Cup combine to bulk out the Spaniard's tally to 23 titles since he took the reins at Barcelona in 2008, a figure which no man can match. Joining him on the podium are Laurent Blanc with 15 and the 13 of Jose Mourinho over the same time period.

Staggeringly, Guardiola has won 57 percent of the titles he has competed for as a coach, with his 23 winners' medals arriving off 41 competitions.

In terms of games won, the ex-midfielder has taken charge of 516 matches and taken victory in 378 of them, at a rate of 73.25 percent. It is extra impressive when considering that he has done so across three different nations, only one of which he experienced as a player.

Following his only trophy-less career in the dugout to date, he stated that 'if I don't win titles, I won't be here for long' but now it seems difficult to foresee anything over than a period of City domination in England.

Guardiola has followed up his Camp Nou heroics, where he won the treble in his first year, and conquered a division while refusing to give in to criticism of his methods.

Although, there is plenty of reason for him to have self belief, having mopped up three LaLiga, two Copa del Rey, three Supercopa de Espanas, two Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups and two Club World Cups with the Blaugrana.

Add to that three Bundesliga titles, two German Cups, a UEFA Super Cup and a Club World Cup while in Munich for a three-year spell otherwise dogged by consecutive defeats to Spanish opposition in the Champions League semi-finals.

Only Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho have also won the top-flight division in three of Europe's big five countries, with Guardiola only failing to lift the league crown in two of his nine seasons as a coach.

Will anyone be able to deny him next season?

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