PEP IDOL

Guardiola chasing spot as greatest-ever boss

- SIMON MULLOCK

PEP GUARDIOLA can claim his place as the greatest manager the game has ever seen in the next four months.

While all the talk has been about Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool with a quadruple at the end of the season, the Manchester City boss remains on course for a second successive Treble - and it's THE Treble.

Guardiola equalled Sir Alex Ferguson's 1999 achievement with Manchester United by lifting the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup last season.

He also completed a clean sweep with Barcelona in his first year as a coach in 2008. He became the first manager in Spain to do it, at the age of just 37.

Guardiola still rates Fergie as No.1 - by virtue of the Scot winning 49 trophies during his 39-year managerial career. The Catalan already has 38.

The 53-year-old knows that silverware remains the most important currency when it comes to measuring greatness.