Man City fans haven't seen a win like that since they were Chelsea fans.
.....slightly unfair as I remember City going down to the 3rd tier of Englih football and they were still getting 30k+ crowds.
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Yes we did. Even when we was down to 10/12th in Division two we was still taking 3/4000 to every away game, getting a average of 30k at home.
End of the day, yes we have spent a lot, but so have Chelsea and Man Utd over the years. Thing is though, to compete with the likes of Utd and Chelsea we had to spend big quickly or we would never get to the top.
Look at how many teams have won the Premier League since it started in 92...just 4 teams..one being Blackburn just the once..who also spent massive back then to win it.
Also people forget about how much Utd have spent over the seasons too ;
Phil Jones 17 mil
David De Gea 19 mil
Ashley Young 17 mil
Valencia 16 mil
Smalling 10 mil
Berbatov 30 mil
Nani 13 mil
Anderson 15 mil
Haregreaves 17 mil
Carrick 18 mil
Rooney 27 mil
Saha 12 mil
Ronaldo 12 mil
Rio 27 mil ( nearly 10 years ago too )
Veron 28 mil ( 10 years ago as well )
Rudd Van N 19 mil
Even going back as far as the 98/99 season, Dwight Yorke was brought for 12 million and Japp Stam at 10 million.
Of course though, the media have you believe Utd spend nothing and win everything with young players
In total Utd have spent near on £500 million on players since the Premier League started. So yes , they also should have won all they have with that spent
Quick edit..league table of what teams have spent since 92
1 Chelsea £729,240,000
2 Man City £655,180,000
3 Liverpool £552,105,000
4 Man United £483,150,000
5 Tottenham £407,050,000
