Thursday 19 April 2018 15:47, UK
Swansea manager Carlos Carvalhal has congratulated Manchester City on winning the title and confirmed his team will give them a guard of honour on Sunday.
Carvalhal says he is thrilled to be working in the same era as managers of the quality of Man City boss Pep Guardiola.
Man City will play their first match since they were crowned champions at home to Swansea on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.
Swansea need points as they fight to secure their own Premier League future but Carvalhal says they will find it tough against a side he considers very worthy champions.
"Congratulations to Manchester City, Pep Guardiola and all the players," he said.
"They deserve to be champions, they are the best team in the competition. We are proud to do the guard of honour for them.
"They play fantastic football."
Having won titles in Spain and Germany with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola has now repeated the trick in England, and Carvalhal thinks his City counterpart's achievements will live long in the memory.
"I am very happy and I think a lot of people from the tribe of football are happy to live these kinds of moments," he said.
"A moment when you have managers like (Jose) Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, players like (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi - this belongs to the Gods of football.
"I am very happy to be part of this football nowadays, because not all the generations have two great managers and two great players.
"Pep is a fantastic manager and he will be remembered forever.
"People said his type of football would only work in Barcelona and he has proved the opposite. Good football can win in different places."
Carvalhal has also been impressed by Man City's players and thinks their understanding of the game is second to none.
"It is like when you have a doctor that is very good and specialised in something," he said.
"That is so good in that area that sometimes he forgets the global and is not good in general medicine.
"Some footballers are like that, they are very good in some positions, very high quality in that position.
"Some players are more than this, they understand the position, but they understand football in general.
"That is why it is very tough to play against them (Man City), because they are a mix of a manager with a very good idea and players who understand football."
