Manchester City fans won't argue too much, but former Premier League manager Neil Warnock has risked upsetting Manchester United fans by naming legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson as only the fourth best manager of all-time.
Warnock, who recently left Middlesbrough after managing his 1602nd match as manager of an English league club in domestic competition - more than any other person - was ranking his all-time Premier League managers.
And the former Sheffield United, QPR, Crystal Palace and Cardiff boss named City's Pep Guardiola above Ferguson, who only came fourth in his list.
Ferguson was in the hot seat for Manchester United's success from the inception of the Premier League until his retirement in 2013, where he won a staggering 13 top-flight titles.
Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger are the nearest managers to come close to the feat of the former Aberdeen boss, but still fall a staggering amount short following their three first division triumphs.
Warnock also named Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool above Ferguson to make the list even less appetising for United fans.
"Since the Premier League started if I was picking my top five managers … I would pick Arsene Wenger as the number one," Warnock told TalkSPORT, as quoted by the Daily Star.
"Only because he changed the whole outlook on modern footballers. He brought so many things in that had never been thought of. The nutritionist, the fitness guys, video, technology. He changed the whole course of it when he came into the Premier League."
Guardiola was second on the list because his teams have been exceptional and his "influence on the parks and the lower down leagues has been fantastic."
The 72-year-old continued: "I would put Klopp third because I think he's just beginning and he will get even better. But his outlook and everything he has done at the club and the future with the kids - I think he has got another 10 years coming forward. So I think he's third at the minute, but could easily be number one in a couple of years.
"Fourth, I would probably go with Sir Alex [Ferguson] just in front of Jose Mourinho because he has done it for longer.
"I just think he was in an era where it was all about man-management, it wasn't down to all the backroom staff, and Sir Alex was probably the best at that."
Ex-United manager Mourinho completed the list, for his achievements with Chelsea and 'the way he deals with the media at the most difficult times.'
