Tim Spiers

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2,293 appearances 13 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If… Guardiola never became a manager? · 30 Aug 2026 podcast

Obviously, Klopp only won one title.

And at the moment, he's still in that bracket.

People say, oh, there's no Fergie, Wenger, Mourinho, Guardiola or Klopp anymore.

I think that'll diminish as the years go on because people are like, well, he only won one league title.

So why has he been mentioned in the same bracket as the others?

I know, but it was a rivalry though, wasn't it?

Yeah, I guess so.

But I think the fact that Slott won the league title the year after Klopp, again, just sort of diminishes his legacy a little bit.

However, without Pep, Klopp would probably be considered one of the greats.

If you take City out of the equation for the league titles they won, which let's be honest, may still happen.

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Liverpool would only get two more titles.

So from the six that City won, Liverpool only finished runners-up twice.

So I was quite surprised that there'd be more than that.

But obviously that would give Klopp three, making him one of the sort of Premier League greats.

But it's Mikel Arteta who would also benefit.

So the last two titles that City won under Guardiola, Arteta was second, with Arsenal in 23 and 24.

But two more titles of the six go to Manchester United.

So in 2021, under Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would be a Premier League winning manager in this alternative reality.

And even more fascinating, in 2017-18, Jose Mourinho.

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