History beckons for Manchester City. The clean sweep is on. They will never have a better chance to become the first English side to complete the quadruple.

Such are the standards set by Pep Guardiola, winning one trophy will not meet expectations this season – even if it is the Premier League. Defending the title is the minimum requirement. Pep wants more. City appointed him to achieve more.

Now the club is on the threshold of rewriting the script of what is achievable for an English side in one season.

The Carabao Cup Final is coming, the FA Cup draw has opened up with so many Premier League sides out, City are back on top of the Premier League and no-one in Europe wants to face them should they get past Schalke in the Champions League round of 16.

No matter how much Guardiola wants to tell the world the quadruple is not and never has been a realistic target, do not believe him. At the start of this season he designed a squad to compete for every honour and his team selections betray his true feelings. His squad rotation has ensured a high class starting XI in each fixture, regardless of the calibre of the opponent in the early rounds of the cup. He has not been prepared to sacrifice any game by giving a host of Academy or Under 23 players experience. With good reason, he thinks City can win every match.