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The point he made, that City have spent less in the past five years than Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal*, is a statement of fact. The headline is not something he said, but written by some sub-editor at the BBC. Here is what he actually said:
“Man United should have won all the titles – all of them. And the second, Chelsea all the titles. And the third, Arsenal all the titles. They spend [more] money in the last five years than us. They should be there. They are not there. For that [same] reason Girona shouldn’t be in the Champions League and Leicester shouldn’t win the Premier League years ago. Now it’s boring? It’s not boring. It’s so difficult to be here again and we want to win it.”
*they have also spent less than Tottenham and Villa.
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Notwithstanding that I don’t believe anything financial that comes out of Man City, he could have won those titles with kids out of the academy for all I care - he’d still be a cunt*.
And just so we’re clear. If he came to United and coached us to a decade of dominance - you guessed it - still a cunt*.
*doping cunt
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I'm guessing this is one of those definitions of spending where City spunking hundreds of millions more on wages doesn't count.
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The point he made, that City have spent less in the past five years than Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal*, is a statement of fact.
It’s not just about 5 year spending, though. It’s about paying astronomical wages to keep players on the bench who would be first choice in most other top 4 teams (as has been pointed out) and about 10+ year spending. From 2012-2022 they spend more (gross) than any team in world football. It’s about the foundation of stability that brings you, especially when the PSR rules will now hobble any team who get bought by a nation state and wish to do likewise.
Pep is clearly a very good coach (his late 2000s Barca were something else) but he’s not winning the bundesliga with leverkusen or the premier league with Leicester. He works with the top players at the best resourced teams, always.
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What Pep conveniently fails to mention is how much they spent prior to his arrival. Since he’s been there they’ve always had players that they were able to sell-on, why they’re no longer top of the net spend pile.
He probably is a genius, but those that point out he’s only ever managed elite clubs, do have a valid point.
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Easy to spend less in the last 5 years when you spent the 10 years before that distorting the league and buying up players like toure, de bruyne, ederson Bernardo, stones
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Fucking cunt, this bloke.