Of course Manchester City have bought success – but so what?
“Each club has its own reality, its own history,” says Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City manager. “And every owner of every club decides how he wants to live. Our owners do not want to benefit, they want to reinvest in the team. There is Chelsea with [Roman] Abramovich and our club with Sheikh Mansour. They want to be in this world, they want to be buying into football. What is the problem?”
Like Manchester City, Chelsea before a mega-rich owner game in and splurged loads of cash on news players, was a club that had won a few tin pots and were easy for the winning teams to beat. Fans of each club don’t seem to mind where the cash comes from. So why should it matter to the rest of us?
“The reality is what it is: adapt and go forward,” says Guardiola. He’s right. Live with it.
Posted: 15th, August 2021 | In: Manchester City, Money, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
