It's not that simple. If we got bought out tomorrow by some Arab consortium and suddenly had unlimited funds would that actually bring you any joy? We'd win more matches and sign better players and at first it would be great, but it's like using a cheat code in a video game - it's fun for a little while but it completely devalues everything. I mean, why do we really watch football anyway? It's the hope, the romance, the surprise. If it becomes a series of rote 4-0 wins displaced with the occasional freak loss...where's the joy in that? Especially when it's funded by dirty oil money.
Hand on heart I'd much prefer us to keep building the way we are rather than being bought out. Even if that means we only win the league once in the next 20 years - that single league title would be worth more than 10 of Man City's.
I get what you mean. I don't really have an issue with it in principle either - it's been going on for decades to some degree or other and while Spurs are better than most big clubs, we still have a billionaire owner and are one of the richest clubs in the world. I just worry that City will dominate for the next 10 years and domestic football will get really dull.Totay agree with what you have said. But I still don't have a problem with City "buying" the success. It certainly doesn't irk me as much as when Chelsea did it.
If course I like the way we go about building but I want to see a bit of domestic silverware soon because I think if we don't start buying in more quality we will start going backwards. If we win the Champions League it would be brilliant but I honestly would rather see us win the F A Cup first or the league and build to what must be the pinnacle of European club football.
City have bought their success without a doubt, but Pep has clearly done a brilliant job there. They haven’t bought any massive names and they’ve kept the transfer fees relatively reasonable by today’s standards (no Neymar for £200m or Pogba for £90m). There’s no reason any other top 6 side couldn’t have signed Bernado Silva for £40m for example.
I feel the same about City in fact I love the fact the its Uniteds cross town rivals that are keeping them from winning titlesTotay agree with what you have said. But I still don't have a problem with City "buying" the success. It certainly doesn't irk me as much as when Chelsea did it.
If course I like the way we go about building but I want to see a bit of domestic silverware soon because I think if we don't start buying in more quality we will start going backwards. If we win the Champions League it would be brilliant but I honestly would rather see us win the F A Cup first or the league and build to what must be the pinnacle of European club football.
silva cost 60-65 mill pounds with silly wagesCity have bought their success without a doubt, but Pep has clearly done a brilliant job there. They haven’t bought any massive names and they’ve kept the transfer fees relatively reasonable by today’s standards (no Neymar for £200m or Pogba for £90m). There’s no reason any other top 6 side couldn’t have signed Bernado Silva for £40m for example.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...smashing-of-watford-proves-football-is-broken
Good article by Jonathan Wilson in the Guardian. Basically stating that modern football is now broken due to these doped clubs. A nice read.
silva cost 60-65 mill pounds with silly wages
While City haven't signed any huge names or spent insane money on a single player, it's the sheer number of upper-mid tier signings that's crazy. In the last 4 seasons they've spent over £40 million on 9 players - and many of those were before the market went batshit.
In that same period Man Utd bought 6, Liverpool bought 5, Chelsea bought 4, Arsenal bought 3 and we bought 0 (Sanchez is listed as 36 million on Transfermarkt).
For a 22 year old that had only done it in Ligue 1, you can't even come close to how City operate vs us.BBC reported it as 43m. Where did you see 60m?
Wages are 120k a week. Same as Lloris. Hardly silly.
For a 22 year old that had only done it in Ligue 1, you can't even come close to how City operate vs us.
City are what City are, a team that has unlimited funds funnelled through questionable means - as someone said, it's no different to entering a cheat code in a game and it's a shame the media aren't at least more transparent about that over milking their prostate at any given opportunity
They spent £220M+ just on defenders and goalkeepers in 2017/2018. There's no way other sides can compete with them.