Ha ha! Sure. No one else wold have wanted Agüero, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling or...Gundogan.
I think you miss-understand me or something. Aguero was not a "big named" player, nor was Silva, and certainly not De Bruyne or Sterling and frankly not Gundogan and none of them came from the big traditional European clubs. Take Aguero. Yes he was a massive talent, who was at A. Madrid. He got a lot headlines, a lot in part because he was banging Maradonas daughter. Time came where he was too big for A. Madrid (would not be today btw), so he had to move on. He had his pick of clubs some what, but none of the "big" ones like United, Barca or Bayern wanted him at the time. He could not move to Real because that would have started a civil war in Madrid. So it was City he went too and that because of the British media and his performances in the PL, made him the "superstar" he is today.
Or Silva. He was at Valencia. The 2 big Spanish clubs had looked at him for a long time but did not pul the trigger. That left the rest of Europe open and City won, not because it was City, but because City offered a lot of money and the Man Us of the world were not as interested.
What I am talking about, is City going to say Bayern, Real or Barca... hell even Juve and the Milan clubs and going for one of their top stars. Chances are they wont get them unless they offer insane money in wages. PSG is also out of the question because PSG is already paying their benchwarmers more than most first team players get in the top clubs around Europe.
So it kinda limits the "top top player" buys for City. Not that this is a bad thing mind you, because there are tons of talent out there which are not in the headlines and can be gotten relatively cheaply. Gundogan is a great example (if he stays fit).
You boys can remain in your little, nostalgic Nineties la-la land where the 'Big Four' is still a meaningful term, Mourinho and Wenger are still geniuses, and United and Liverpool haven't been asset-stripped out of relevance. Clearly United will return to greatness with Mou's parked bus tactics, Klopp will receive hundreds of millions to spend and no one will be attracted to the Etihad by anything other than money.
If Liverpool had gotten CL football next season then they could have signed almost anyone they wanted (with in their budget).. because Liverpool is a much bigger club than City. You might not like hearing that, but fan wise and PR wise, Liverpool wipes City off the floor and that is despite Liverpool not winning anything since 2005 or a domestic championship for 20 years. Like it or not, there are a few teams that have a nostalgic historic pull for many fans. They are Liverpool, Man U, Barca, Real, Juve, AC Milan and Bayern...that is just how it is.
Unsurprisingly, I don't really take your opinions (although they are clearly baits rather than opinions) seriously since Pete voted City for champions only after we'd won our first 5 games, and Higgins thinks Mou is still a genius, but that Pep is a fraud. Tee-hee!:lol:
No I voted for City after 5 games because the transfer window closed there. And based on last seasons transfers in the PL, City should have won it hands down, but you cant predict Kompany going down for most of the season and the other problems City had during the season.. like Pellegrini saying he was leaving months before the season ended.. that really killed City off in the title and CL race imo. Absolutely idiotic move by Pellegrini.
Pep is no fraud. In fact I would say Pep is the perfect manager for City, based on the fact that City from the start of the oil money stated that they wanted to create a "Barca-like" system where the academy provided a large part of the players over time. I absolutely admire that.... I detest the "buy to win" mentality of so many teams.. from Real Madrid to Chealski and so on. That you had managers that did not play the academy players is well.. Pep has a history of doing so. Mou on the other hand..
