Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his side lack Champions League pedigree and will need 10 years to catch up to crosstown rivals, Manchester United.

The Citizens have won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups in the six years that have followed the cash injection from the club’s Abu Dhabi owners but Guardiola insists his side are playing catch up.

‘We don’t have the history with this shirt, of Barcelona, Juventus, [Bayern] Munich or Manchester United. Not their titles,’ Guardiola told the Daily Mirror.

‘It’s about being in Europe and over the next decade to be there [in the Champions League] every year. That’s more important to this club than winning one title, believe me, more than that.

‘We have to convince people at this amazing club that they are good. They are good. And the fans as well.

‘They have to believe they are good, the club is good, the players are good.’