5XWinners wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Your lot are nowhere near the Champions League and aren't likely to anytime soon. Remind me again how last year went. The dippers were once the major player in English football. That time has long gone la
We won't be in the CL due to both you & chelsea & your financial doping. Utd have now started spending to try to keep up & get 3rd - 4th place. I fully expect Arsenal to start spending like you lot when Wenger retires. Utd & Arsenal can be forgiven as they have built themselves up & they wouldn't be spending the sums they are if the likes of you & Chelsea didn't treat every day as a fire sale trying to stockpile the worlds best players.
Liverpool's history of "financial doping"1. Elimination of sharing gate receipts with the away team.
2. Threatening to form a breakaway league unless granted a higher percentage of TV money.
3. Getting your own way in #2, still forming a breakaway league anyway because...well, sky money.
4. G14 threats to form superleague unless given a larger percentage of TV money.
5. Using G14 leverage to reform the "seeding" to ensure their cabal qualified and advanced through the CL every year without challenge.
Also, in the 09-10 season before City had qualified for the CL, you finished 7th and your G14 backed CL spot had been taken by Spurs, what's your excuse for that? Did Levy become an oil billionairre without telling anyone?
City have 25 first team players in comparison to 31 that Liverpool have, City have 3 players out on loan only one of which is expected to return to the club, Liverpool have 14, including two non-EU players without a single cap to their names. I'd say if one of those teams is stockpiling, it wouldn't be us.
Lastly, I'd like to point out that Sheikh Mansour has made a total profit of £0 on his investment into City, developed the training facilities to a world class standard and opened an academy that's set the standard for the northwest. I'm sure the likes of Kroenke and Glazer are preferrable to you as they remove millions from the game every year. FSG would probably be doing the same if there wasn't major financial mismanagement rampant at your club. You were the ones who turned it into a dog eat dog business, don't be surprised when a dog comes along who isn't all bark and puts you in your place.