"Back-to-back trebles 99.99% impossible...if it was easy, Man United would do it"

"Last season, Manchester City won the Premier League (PL), the English FA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League (UCL), completing a treble," ESPN reported on Tuesday. This season, they are the favorites to win all three competitions again. Nevertheless, Guardiola has downplayed the chances of winning back-to-back trebles."

"It (the treble) is a fairy tale, it's much more complicated, there is a 99.99% chance that we will not achieve it (this season), because it has never, never, never, never been done by anyone," Guardiola said during a press conference ahead of the PL 24th round match against Everton in 2023-24, according to the outlet. If it was easy, the old Manchester United would have done it. We're not guaranteed to win what we've won in the past," he said, downplaying the chances.

A Barcelona legend during his playing days, Guardiola began his coaching career after retirement. After stints at his hometown club Barcelona 스포츠토토 and German giants Bayern Munich, Guardiola arrived at City as a much-anticipated arrival with oil money and a desire to take the club to the next level.

The goal was clear. To go beyond England and become UEFA Champions League (UCL) champions. The great challenge began in 2016-17 and ended in 2022-23. Last season, City defeated Inter Milan in the final to win their first UCL title in history.

Guardiola and his boys became the eighth club to make the treble, joining Celtic (1966-67), Ajax (1971-72), PSV Eindhoven (1987-88), Manchester United (1998-99), Barcelona (2008-09, 2014-15), Inter Milan (2009-10), and Bayern Munich (2012-13, 2019-20).

Guardiola's 'Greatest Of All Time' (GOAT) status. This season, the team is touted as one of the favorites to challenge for the treble after surviving all three competitions. However, Guardiola is quick to point out that a back-to-back treble is 99.99% unlikely.