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Mancity wanted Fred, United rushed to sign Fred.
Mancity wanted Maguire, United rushed to sign Maguire.
Mancity wanted Bruno, United rushed to sign Bruno.
Looks like Real Madrid are taking transfer lessons from Manchester United.
🚨💣 Thierry Henry accuses Real Madrid of turning Barcelona's transfer targets into their own obsession
🗣️: "Sometimes I look at Real Madrid's transfer activity and I wonder if they are building their own project or simply following Barcelona's shopping list.
Barcelona wanted Bernardo Silva, and now Madrid want Bernardo Silva. Barcelona showed interest in Dumfries, and Madrid rushed to secure him. Hansi Flick reportedly prefers Gvardiol, and suddenly Madrid are pushing for Gvardiol too. Barcelona work on Julian Alvarez, then Madrid submit a €150 million bid and make sure everyone hears about it. Now the same thing is happening with Marc Cucurella.
Of course, clubs can like the same players. That is football. But when the same pattern repeats itself with Bernardo Silva, Dumfries, Gvardiol, Julian Alvarez and Cucurella, people start asking questions.
Real Madrid are one of the biggest clubs in history. They should be setting their own direction, not constantly appearing wherever Barcelona are trying to go. Sometimes it feels like their first objective is not signing the player for Madrid, but making sure Barcelona do not get him.
A great club builds its own project. If your transfer strategy starts looking like a reaction to your rival's plans, then maybe you have forgotten what made you great in the first place."
Imagine assisting 19 league goals and none of them being memorable. Also, just 9 being from open play is just laughable, how can you blame Arsenal for relying on set pieces while your prime creator is a set piece merchant. United fans have no shame 😂
🚨🎙️Gerard Pique on Florentino Perez interview after his comments on Barcelona yesterday:
“Florentino Perez speaking about ‘corruption’ and acting like Real Madrid are some innocent victims of football politics is genuinely one of the greatest comedy acts in football history.
For decades, Madrid built an entire culture around pressure, pressure on referees, pressure from the media, pressure from the institutions, pressure from the Bernabéu atmosphere itself. But now that Barcelona embarrassed them for an entire generation, suddenly Pérez wants the world to believe Madrid were oppressed? Nobody buys that outside Madrid TV.
The reality Madrid fans hate hearing is simple: during Barça’s greatest era, there was no conspiracy needed. The difference was football quality, intelligence, identity and mentality. While Madrid were obsessed with galácticos and PR, Barça built a football philosophy the entire world admired. Kids everywhere copied Barça. Coaches everywhere studied Barça. Nobody was studying Mourinho parking the bus and crying in press conferences.
And let’s stop pretending the Negreira story changes what happened on the pitch. Did Negreira make Messi destroy Madrid 5-0 at Camp Nou? Did Negreira make Madrid players chase shadows under Pep Guardiola? Did Negreira force Sergio Ramos and Pepe to kick instead of defend because they couldn’t stop us technically?
Perez keeps talking about history because modern football hurts him. Every time Barcelona rises again, Madrid immediately starts another political campaign. It’s always referees, UEFA, Tebas, conspiracies… everything except accepting that Barça’s football at its peak made Madrid look ordinary.
And honestly, Madrid fans should be careful before opening conversations about influence and power in football. Real Madrid acting like outsiders is ridiculous. The biggest institutions, the biggest media pressure, the biggest political connections in Spanish football for decades… and now suddenly they want sympathy? Please.
The funniest part is Pérez counting European Cups from the 1950s every time Barça wins a new generation of fans. Football evolved. The world remembers greatness they actually watched live. They remember Ronaldinho getting standing ovations at the Bernabéu. They remember Messi humiliating Madrid repeatedly. They remember Guardiola changing football forever while Madrid spent years desperately trying to stop him.
Madrid don’t really hate Barcelona because of Negreira. They hate Barcelona because Barça became the face of football excellence in the modern era and deep down, that still burns them.”
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Scholes: "Arsenal have not been able to beat Manchester City, they have not been able to beat Liverpool. These have been the best two teams for the last 4/5 years. And that's why I don't think people will speak about Arsenal being a great team."
— The Overlap
One has 6 titles, including, the centurions, the domestic treble, the actual treble and 4 in a row, the other captained Manchester United to defeat in two European finals one against Villarreal and the other against Postecoglou’s Tottenham. They just can’t be compared.
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Guardiola: "My favorite trophy at Wembley? 1992, first Champions League with Barcelona, and 2011 with Barcelona vs Manchester United. And the FA Cup vs Manchester United also."
🚨🚨🎙️| Gary Neville on Premier League POTY:
“Bruno Fernandes or Bernardo Silva. If it’s between those two.
“I don't think Declan Rice gets it before them to be fair”.
“Players might vote for Bernardo but I'm going to go Bruno.”
[@WeAreTheOverlap]
🚨 Real Madrid has now gone two consecutive seasons without winning the ucl since Kylian Mbappe joined.
For context Erling haaland helped Manchester city win their first UCL, in his first season for his club.
Poznan vs Arsenal at Wembley.
Poznan vs Liverpool at the Etihad.
Poznan vs Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester City Football Club, ladies and gentlemen.