English Premier League: Guardiola casts doubt over long-term Man City future after team captures historic fourth title
- Head coach Pep Guardiola admits questioning whether there is anything left to achieve in game in England
- Manchester City have won six of past seven titles, but are facing 115 charges of breaching league’s Financial Fair Play rules
Pep Guardiola cast doubt over his long-term future at Manchester City moments after winning a historic fourth straight Premier League title, admitting it was difficult to find motivation after so much sustained success.
City’s 3-1 victory against West Ham sealed a sixth top-flight title in seven seasons under the Catalan, who has taken the club to extraordinary new levels since he arrived in 2016.
His tally is exceeded only by Alex Ferguson, who won 13 Premier League titles during his long reign at Manchester United.
In 2019 City became the first club to win the domestic treble of Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season and last year they emulated Manchester United’s class of 1999 in winning the treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, which they lifted for the first time.
But the club is facing an unprecedented 115 charges of breaching the league’s Financial Fair Play regulations, and with Everton and Nottingham Forest already deducted points for far smaller infractions could be left with a hefty punishment.
City are now the first side in English top-flight history to win four titles in a row – surpassing the achievements of the great Liverpool and Manchester United teams from previous eras.