Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola with Erling Haaland during his side’s win over Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League. (Photo: AFP)
ISTANBUL: Manchester City are hoping to get their hands on the Champions League trophy at last, and complete a historic treble, when Pep Guardiola’s team face outsiders Inter Milan in Saturday’s final in Istanbul.
City have been building towards winning Europe’s elite club competition since the Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of 2008 which transformed them and helped reshape the sport on the continent.
They came agonisingly close to Champions League glory in 2021, losing narrowly to Chelsea in the final, before being denied in last year’s semi-finals by a remarkable Real…
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