by The Spanish pep guardiolaManchester City coach, was chosen as the best coach of last season at The Betterin front of Simone Inzaghiof Inter Milan, and Luciano espalettiswho headed to Naples.
Guardiola won between December 19, 2022 and August 20, 2023 the second treble in the history of English football, by winning their fifth Premier League, the first Champions League in City’s history and the English Cup.
In his seventh season at the helm of the ‘Cityzens’, Guardiola fulfilled his dream of repeating the treble he already achieved with Barcelona, in addition to giving City the first Champions League of his life.
“I would like to share this award with Luciano, for his great season with Napoli after so many years, and with Simone, for how difficult he made it for us in the final with that wonderful squad.. And I also want to share it with the City owners, especially with Ferran Sorianofor creating this idea, and with Txiki Begiristanfor trusting me,” he said Guardiola at the Apollo in London.
The Spaniard also dedicated the award to his 92-year-old father, who accompanied him to the ceremony.
The ‘Sky Blues’ won the third consecutive Premier League, ahead of Arsenal, and fifth since the arrival of Guardiola, in addition to their second FA Cup and the long-awaited Champions League in Istanbul against Inter Milan thanks to a goal from rodrigo hernandez. Only Southampton, in the League Cup, prevented City from being eligible for a run of titles that no one in the history of English football has achieved.
These successes have made it possible for Guardiola to expand his record already in the 2023-2024 season with the European Super Cup against Sevilla and the Club World Cup against Fluminense. The Catalan has 37 titles in his short career on the bench, already ahead of Mircea Lucescu’s 32, and twelve ahead of Alex Ferguson, curiously the other coach who has achieved a treble in England; He did it with Manchester United in 1999.
FIRST ‘THE BEST’ FOR PEP
This is the first time that Guardiola wins The Best award, after being second in 2019, after Jürgen Klopp, third in 2021, behind Thomas Tuchel and Roberto Mancini, and third also in 2022, after Lionel Scaloni and carlo anceloti.
