Pep Guardiola inherited a team with De Bruyne, David Silva, Kompany, Sterling and Aguero, and still spent €500m in his first two seasons. For context, in his first 18 months, he spent as much as Arsene Wenger did in 21 years. That’s what £900m of artificial revenue allowed.
Can someone please point me to when there was a more competitive/egalitarian era than the one we’re in?
3 different PL winners in 3 years
Villa, Newcastle United playing UCL football
Palace winning 3 trophies
Brighton, Sunderland and Bournemouth in Europe
United have finished below 6th thrice in 5 years
Chelsea have finished 10th or below thrice in 5 years
Spurs finished 17th back to back and are currently 20th
Last season the gap btw 4th and 11th was 13 points
When has it ever been more competitive? When have the biggest clubs all been this far from the top?
We nearly sold Gunnersaurus while these guys were cooking their books.
Some Premier League clubs have been in contact for some time now to discuss the possibility of class action lawsuits.
Arsenal reserve the right to take legal action against Man City.
Can we please remember that this is a real thumbnail that Sky used after we got a very dubious 2nd yellow vs a team with 115 charges; and the referee had officiated in the UAE?
Sky were definitely being paid by City Group lol
🗣️Arsene Wenger in August 2013 when he was asked about #Arsenal spending more money in that summers transfer window: “Of course that’s unfair to say that I don’t want to spend money. Why should I resist? I just defend the idea that you spend the money you have and not the money you don’t have.
“For years I did that. Today we have more money so we can spend more. It’s as simple as that. Of course I am excited by that prospect but what I want to convince you of is that we are ready to spend the money if we feel that the players makes us a better team tomorrow morning.
"Maybe it’s difficult to balance that in a newspaper but football is not only about that. It’s bigger than that. It’s about the team, the quality of the play, the spirit and togetherness and the quality of the players. Therefore we have to focus on all the rest as well."
💭 An awful lot of people owe the boss a HUGE apology. An awful lot.
How many clubs and managers and individual legacies have been ruined because of what City has done?
How many people have been sacked? Lost out on contracts and awards and national team appearances? How many have been unfairly ripped of European places, legacy and money?
You can tell who actually loves the sport the 'competition' and what it represents
This is the type of fan I feel for
The rest of you who couldnt be arsed about how you compete against your peers i would not be surprised by the type of people you are in real life
They called him a specialist in failure.
They called him Mr. 4th place.
They called him Jewish with transfers.
They called him a pedo.
They called him “Dementia Wengz”
All because he had to compete with a cheating petrostate.
Misunderstood legend.
Prophetic from Arsène Wenger speaking in 2011 - “We face rivals who do not respect the financial fair play, and instead of us being accused, maybe people should look somewhere else” 🎥
City won the league partly because they took the options that were not available for every team, partly due to an overabundance of quantity(financial doping) and partly due to a lack of bravery(cheating mentality)
People are saying why am I going in two footed on Citeh. Know this and this well...if Arsenal / Mikel was even charged for one minor thing, they would strip us of everything from Emirates cups to Frimpongs tracksuit to Win the Dogs dog collar. Navy Seals would descend on Sobha lol
Arsenals legacy is earning victory through harmony.
Will proudly yell how we built the Invincible’s off the back of turning pennies into diamonds.
This extends to present day in its equivalent terms.
City won the league partly because they took the options that were not available for every team, partly due to an overabundance of quantity(financial doping) and partly due to a lack of bravery(cheating mentality)
Arsenal lost the game because they didn’t take the options the game presented them. Partly due to a lack of quality (execution) and partly due to a lack of bravery (mentality).
Arsene Wenger was banned for three games and fined £40k after this confrontation with Mike Dean in 2017 👀:
🗣️ Wenger: "You're not honest"
🗣️ Dean: "So you're calling me a cheat?"
🗣️ Wenger: "I maintain what I say; you're not honest. You've done this to us many times before. You're supposed to be professional; you're a disgrace!"
Same Arsene Wenger who warned ManCity in 2009 on financial scams said in 2005 that Manchester United would be a mid table club if VAR existed
You guys will respect Arsene Wenger by force 😂😂