I keep telling people that a lot of you still don’t understand what “big club” actually means. Success comes and goes, trophies come and go, but size is something completely different.
When Manchester United start winning the league again, that’s when you’ll truly see what global support, attention and noise look like. The whole football world will be forced to pay attention. The motion will be on a different level entirely.
Some clubs are successful, some clubs are great, but very few are genuinely massive. That’s why even after years without a league title, Manchester United still dominates conversations everywhere.
No disrespect, but even Real Madrid no big reach Manchester United when it comes to global attention and moving the football world. When United rise again, una go finally understand the difference between successful and BIG. 😂
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BREAKING: The Minister of Defence, retired General Christopher Musa has challenged the country’s youth population to rise up and lead the fight against insecurity.
🚨🔵 As expected, Manchester City sent new bid for Elliot Anderson for £106m guaranteed fee plus £15m add-ons.
Nottingham Forest want £120m+ fixed to sell the midfielder as also aware of Man United interest.
#MCFC pushing to get in done + Sandro Tonali also on shortlist. 👀
Aston Villa had Rashford and said "nah."
Barcelona looked at Rashford and said "let's spend €80m on Gordon instead."
Yet his fanbase still talks about him like he's prime Neymar.
😂😂😂
Good riddance at long last to Jadon Sancho, Manchester United’s worst ever signing. Representative of the previous era, big money arrivals with little to no planning or scouting, a player with zero professionalism & no respect for his own talent.
That phase of the club is over.
Official: Ederson has been called up to Brazil’s World Cup squad as a replacement for Wesley, who has sustained an injury. He will join the squad on Monday. 🇧🇷
Tell me why your club have employed 935 players, 20 permanent managers and 8 caretakers but still have no champions league trophy since 1866.
Take mic 🎤n explain to us 😂
In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage.
Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country.
His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing.
Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost.
A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.
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Play 2 matches.... misses the next 7....put that on loop