While that is a really detailed breakdown, there is too much based on opinion, most of which I don’t agree with at all (state of squad, preparation, players available to him etc...)
My opinions are based on the facts that are in front of me, its as simple as that.
I think through his whole time here, he has had the best squad in the league and has spent the most money, in a project focused on him. He has had all the advantages, that’s my opinion.
He didn't have the best squad when he started back in 2016, in fact it wasn't until the 2017-2018 Season that Man City could actually boast the title of "Best Squad in the Premier League". Regardless my point was that while having "Best Squad in the Premier League" might be enough to dominate domestically
(1), its does not mean that said squad necessarily dominates Europe as well
(2) as Celtic, Juventus, Bayern Munich, PSG & even Barcelona will tell you
(1) Which it did, hence why it took Begiristain's own foolishness to not replace Kompany & Otamendi that finally enabled City to lose their grip on the PL Title.
(2) As I have said previously you need to have a squad that has enough quality players to create 2 seperate Strong XI's; Real Madrid had exactly that in 2017-2018 (when they won a European Double) while City have never been in that siutation under Pep.
He has so many top players at his disposal
He had enough to dominate the English Club Game; but he didn't have enough to do the same in Europe as well, this was especially the case in the Defensive Department.
and complaining about the lack of a Skiniar at CB to explain away his failings
If you don't have a good Defence, you can forget winning Premier League Titles, let alone Champions League Titles. A fact both Fergie & Mourinho accepted early on, a fact Klopp had to learn the hard way and a fact Arsenal have clearly forgotten since the Invincibles era (hence why they compete with the likes of Crystal Palace these days). So the fact Manchester City didn't have even have a good Starting Back 4 (alongside eveyone else in the Top 6) this season and Liverpool did indeed a good Starting Back 4 goes a long way to explain why they have been so dominant in the Premier League this season.
just tells you how inflexible he is. He needs perfect conditions and world class players in every position to succeed, and a whole lot more on the bench just in case.
If you want to win the Premier League (or another Top 5 Domestic League) & the Champions League in a single season, you need to have 2 World Class players in every position (or something close to it). Hence why Real Madrid managed to win a European Double when their squad was in such a position.
That’s why Ferguson is in a different league and always will be. He was winning big matches and titles with Park, Neville, Anderson and Cleverly in midfield. He is in a different class.
Fergie is indeed head & shouders above any manager we have today (although Park & Anderson where far better players than the likes of Cleverly, even if the latter never reached his potential), but even he got humliated twice by a Messi led Barcelona side in its prime
(1). So there is only so far you go with a side that is not full of world-class players.
(1) I still haven't forgiven the Glazers for failing to give Ferguson the funds needed to build upon the Ronaldo-Rooney era side; had they done so then United would have dominated the Champions League between 2007-2013 instead of the likes of Real Madrid & Barcelona. As well as put us in a much better place once Fergie retired.
He is a great coach, but not a genius, nor does he get into the most elite of groups because of what he requires to get results.
Despite the fact a large number of players have had their best performances under Guardiola (including several that Pep didn't sign himself, but where at the club before he arrived)?
As for Klopp, the team he has built at Liverpool and what he has managed to win dwarfs Guardiolas at City. He hasn’t had half the money and started with a poor squad filled with average players. He has added what was needed, built a winning mentality (all with a pretty weak bench) and he won the CL while getting an insane amount of points domestically.
I hate Liverpool, but Klopp’s job there has been infinitely more impressive than Guardiola’s at City, given their respective starting points and resources.
While Klopp should take a lot of credit for winning the Champions League & Premier League with Liverpool (especially considering the squad he has had); it cannot be forgotten that in the case of the 2018 CL & 2019 CL, they where massively helped by the fact City didn't have a Back 4 that was good enough to win the PL & CL (in one season) on either of those occasions, hence why Liverpool where able to knock them out in 2018
(1) & Tottenham where able to knock them out in 2019 (before gettng defeated by Liverpool in the Final)
(2). Had Manchester City instead had Back 4 that was good enough to win the PL & CL (in one season) however; Liverpool would have been knocked out of the QF's in 2018 & lost the final in 2019, in both cases to Man City.
Likewise the pretty poor squad depth that Klopp's Liverpool's has been lumbered with has cost them when it comes to Trophies; hence why they lost the Premier League last season because Lovern (as expected) failed to clear a shot from Aguero, why they have resorted to playing the kids in the Cups (hence why they got outplayed by a Scottish Teenager when they got knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea, almost got knocked out of the League Cup by a Arsenal side featuring Mustafi & finanally got knocked out of the League Cup by an Aston Villa B side) and why they got knocked out of the Champions League this season by one of the worst Atletico Madrid sides in recent years, with the goals being scored by a Real Madrid reject and a guy with no self-confidence.
So while Klopp has done well with the Liverpool side that he has currently got & has indeed taken them up several levels (at our expense); it remains a fact that had Manchester City built (under Guardiola) a side that was designed to achieve both Domestic & European Dominance
(3), Klopp would have failed to win anything up to this point. The fact that Manchester City have failed to do this has instead enabled Klopp to capitalise on this fact and thus has been sucessful in building a side that can not only beat Manchester City on its day, but win trophies due to City's own transfer-related mistakes.
In other words Guardiola's Manchester City does have transfer spending & squad advantages that are big enough to Dominate the Premier League unchallenged, but are not quite big enough to also Dominate Europe nor guarantee said Premier League dominance would survive any serious challenge.
(1) Would Liverpool have still been able to overcome City had the latter had a Back 4 of Alaba - Laporte - VVD - Walker?
(2) Would Tottenham (and in turn Liverpool) have still been able to overcome City had the latter had a Back 4 of Alaba - Koulibaly - VVD - Walker?
(3) Rather than just the former. In other words ditching Bravo in favour of Allison, ditching Delph in favour of Alaba, ditching Otamendi in favour of VVD, replacing Kompany with Koulibaly, adding Kimmich in 2017, replacing Yaya Toure in 2018 rather than 2019 (with Rodri), adding another CM to compete with KDB, D.Silva & B.Silva in 2018 and adding both Neymar & Mbappe in 2017 (alongside the signings they actually did between 2016-2019). Which is what they needed to do to extended their Domestic Dominance to Europe.
In other words, 5 more signings in 2017 (Alaba, VVD, Kimmich, Neymar & Mbappe), 3 more signings in 2018 (Allison, Addtional DM & Addtional CM) & only 1 signing needed in 2019 (Replacing Kompany with Koulibaly).
