Dominant Man City take drama out of title race

Guardiola could pay a British-record £100 million ($137 million) for Aston Villa playmaker Jack Grealish

this one sentence sums up why City have been dominant in recent years - spend, spend, spend $$$.

Since Sheikh Mansour’s Abu Dhabi United Group acquired Manchester City in 2008, the club has spent a staggering £1.3bn (€1.5bn / $1.8bn) on 70 signings

(this figure does not include Grealish, nor Guardiola)

@ Tooheysnew - I agree.

Man City may have an unlimited cheque book, but they have no soul. Unlike Liverpool. Their trophies only come due to oil money.

@fighto

spot on

Man United is numero Uno#1

There needs to be a cap on how much a club can spend on new players in a season.

agree !

City have spent $150 million per year, every year since the oil sheik took over.

Chelsea also have spent well over £100 million per year, since Abramovich took over

tooheysnewJan. 15 10:00 am JST

Guardiola could pay a British-record £100 million ($137 million) for Aston Villa playmaker Jack Grealish

this one sentence sums up why City have been dominant in recent years - spend, spend, spend $$.

Yawn, someone else who doesn't understand how net spend works. City paid £100m for Grealish but raised most of that by selling Leroy Sané to Bayern Munich for 50m and Nicolas Otamendi to Benfica for 15m.

The net spend was just 35m, an absolute bargain when you consider Everton paid Arsenal 27m for Alexander Iwobi, a total donkey. Let's not even start on how much Solskjaer spent on nonstarters for the Soccerdevils, eh.

Steve 01:18 pm JST

Man United is numero Uno#1

Sorry, no.

Yawn ! Another person who doesn’t understand a balance sheet.

‘the Citizens have the highest net spent of any football club in the world since Guardiola took over the club in 2016 at a staggering total of £557.96 million’

‘more than £850 million of spending with only £301.46 million collected in sales’

120m a year net spend seems reasonable, Real Madrid used to spend that on afternoon snacks in the Galatico era.

1970s: Liverpool dominate England and Europe by cherry-picking other teams best players and paying high wages. "What a great club, what wonderful football."

1990s and 2000s: The Goldman Sachs Soccerdevils dominate the PL by cherry-picking other teams best players, paying high wages and bullying officials. "What a great club, what fantastic teams."

City win five league titles in ten years and it's "What a terrible club, they're killing our football."