"But he really wanted to go to City" apparently.
Who was it who said this summer to hoards of cheers from the sheep, "City buy their success, whereas we breed it". What's our record transfer fee again?
For how many years have we at City called United "the hypocrites?"
I seriously think United have lost the plot a bit here. They've completely abandoned everything that made them what they were and have gone for a big boom explosion along the lines of City when we were a laughing stock. And let's face it, £60 million is obscene for a player who is worth no more than the likes of Aguero and Silva. Then when you sit down and look at the players, they still form the basis of a squad that is significantly lesser than what they are used to having.
One thing is for sure, the days of us getting stick from the other side of town for how we built Premier League winning sides are over. No more will the press call us 'obscene'. No more will United be seen as the team that does it all the right way, as they positively pee £150 million away on players that are not actually half as good as they are made about to be, whereas we spend the same on creating one of the best Academy centres in world football. Then again, I doubt the perception will change, and neither will the hypocrisy.
If this is the way you want to do things then fine, just don't knock those of us who did it in a much less dramatic way, but did it better. and make us out to be some form of footballing cheats.
Reacher...