Is Man City's impossible quadruple dream actually a reality?

Manchester City step up their pursuit of a first-ever quadruple this week. It's still only September and the 2023-24 season is just over a month old, but Pep Guardiola's team have become so formidable that talk of previously unimagined glory has now become the norm.

City have re-written the record books since Guardiola arrived in the summer of 2016 and by the time the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach ends his spell in charge at the Etihad, they are likely to have surpassed even more historical milestones.

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Whether it is good for the game is debatable. There may also be an asterisk alongside many of City's achievements if the club is…