[YouGov Surveys](https://yougov.com/en-gb/business/solutions/research-surveys) data from 2023 found that [three-quarters of football fans believed that the club was guilty](https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/45213-football-fans-think-man-city-broke-rules-dont-expe). Opinion among Man City fans is more split. Two in five supporters believe it’s likely the club broke the rules, but a similar proportion believe it was unlikely (40%).
While the dispute with the league is yet to fully play out, Guardiola’s status among Man City fans seems reasonably assured. When we asked the club’s supporters to choose its best-ever manager from a list, three-quarters chose Guardiola (76%) over coaches such as Roberto Mancini (3%), Kevin Keegan (3%), Joe Mercer (2%), or Joe Royle (1%).