Guardiola: Manchester City may have bought success, but rivals have too

Pep Guardiola has insisted he was not being sarcastic when he credited Manchester City's 19-game unbeaten run to 'having a lot of money'. Speaking before his side's clash with West Ham on Saturday, Guardiola said: 'When you achieve what this team has achieved in four years, it's because you have the top players … top players cost money. It's not sarcastic, it's the truth.' He also claimed that Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid had secured dominance by spending more money than their rivals. 'I don't feel we're much different,' Guardiola said

[superslayerguy]

It's ridiculous how everyone acts like we're the only club that spends money, Chelsea literally spent 200 million on transfers last summer.

[jamaljones]

Where’s the lie? I detect none. At least he’s owning it.

[AshParajuli]

Chelsea started winning successive titles and European success after guess what, a billionaire buying the club and outspending other clubs. It’s just now there are new clubs wealthier and Chelsea have to compete. But before Chelsea the same with Manchester United who had significantly more wealth than their rivals so they won more at the time and rivals won less frequently.

[kass]

my notification title ended with "buying succ"

[czechpirc]

Granted FFP is a joke but Citeh got off from a technicality, thats the difference