Merson explains why Pep Guardiola should receive the Manager Of The Year award over Klopp, even if Liverpool wins the treble
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola are competing not only for the Premier League title, but also for the Manager Of The Year honour.
The two best teams in the country are the Reds and City. They’re only a step above the rest of the Premier League, thanks to their respective world-class managers.
Merson admires both Klopp and Guardiola, but believes that the 51-year-old City manager deserves to be named Manager Of The Year if he wins the title tomorrow.
The Englishman wrote in his column on The Daily Star: “Pep Guardiola is still the manager of the year if Manchester City win the title – and it’s harder now than when Manchester United were doing it.
“The Premier League is the ultimate. It’s 38 games in the hardest competition in the world. If you win it, you are the best. Jurgen Klopp has done an absolutely phenomenal job at Liverpool this season but if he doesn’t win the league he isn’t the manager of the year for me.
“If you think City should be disappointed somehow if they only win the league and Liverpool win a Treble, you’d be wrong. I don’t see that at all. I’m glad for Liverpool that they’ve taken the title race to the final day. To win two cup finals, be in another, and push City all the way, is amazing. It’s phenomenal what they’ve done.
“But, at the start of the season, it’s all about one thing – The Premier League. Thirty-eight games, home and away, to be the best in the country. Don’t buy into all this hype about the Champions League. That’s just about egos.”
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Merson explains why Pep Guardiola should receive the Manager Of The Year award over Klopp, even if Liverpool wins the treble
