The legendary manager spearheaded the Red Devils to 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two Champions League trophies amongst various other honours.
Even when Manchester City famously beat Manchester United to the Premier League title in 2012, Ferguson managed to ensure that the league title returned to Old Trafford a year later.
However, since his departure, things have massively changed in Manchester.
Since Roberto Mancini’s departure in 2013, Manuel Pellegrini also won the league title in 2014 before eventually being shown the door in 2016.
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While Manchester City had been successful under Pellegrini while Manchester United were still struggling in the aftermath of Ferguson’s decision to depart the club, the power shift well and truly took place once Pep Guardiola started to find his feet in the blue side of Manchester.
With Guardiola’s City finishing in third place and failing to win a single piece of silverware during his debut season, perhaps there were suspicions over whether he could dominate England like did in Spain and Germany.
However, the £378.846-a-week man has put any potential doubts about his adaptability to English football to bed ever since, as he is set to enter his ninth season as Manchester City boss.
The Catalan made history by managing the first team in English top-flight history to win four league titles in a row last season and next season, Darren Ambrose has fancied the Sky Blues to win the league again.
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