They did Billy but nigh on with the same team the year before they were trophy less. But does that mean their achievement is any the less. Not at all, if anything it is more impressive. Then in the same sense City have done it over three years. Like I say it’s a comparison that can be compared but never bettered only matched.
The year UTD won the treble they bought the worlds most expensive defender at the time, Jaap Stam for £10 million and the clubs most expensive signing at the time Dwight Yorke for 12.6 million. Patrick Kluivert was on the verge of signing for £9 million but the deal fell through.
Spending what you earn is different to sports washing. Whenever. However.
Spending is spending. The detail is just semantics.
The spending what we spent was to get City to the top table, that has already been discussed. We have owners who have put money in, others have took money out permanently. Utd fans have suffered since the Glaziers have become greedy owners. I think there will be a few parties once they have gone.
Wasn’t it just the top two going into Europe back then ? We came 2nd and into the UEFA Cup after coming back into Europe after serving the extra year ban - the season before we won the league but didn’t play in the EC and Villa went into the UEFA Cup for coming secondb
Are the rules just “semantics” then
Like it used to be Champions only !
Money has changed the game some good some not so.
It wouldnt be brilliant at all. Manchester City beating minnows from Poland,Denmark,Leichtenstein, Moldova etc etc would be laughable. It would make the competition weaker. Would you pay Sky/BT/A.N.OTHER to watch such dross??
I think the ref is the same ref who did the City v Madrid game. A nice Polish chappie who took no crap.I want a decent game tonight. If it turns into a festival of rolling around on the floor, holding your face, it's going off, and the Canadian Open is going on!
