people aren`t jealous of city`s or chelsea`s money.­ people moan that your trying to buy your way to the­ top. teams like madrid, barca, liverpool, milan`s, man­ utd, juventus, munich, etc, are world famous and­ respected for there success, fans, and great stadiums­ and traditions of there club. there is nothing wrong­ with being excited for your club and players they might­ buy. but all your fans think your are going to take­ over and win everything possible, and you start trying­ to slag other teams because you now have money. this is­ why you might win a trophy here and there, but you will­ never, never, be a successful team like the name above­ and many more. no with players that only want to play­ for your team for £££££.

as a chelsea fan i want to wish man city all the best­ in their quest to challenge for major trophies ! too­ many jealous people on here who forget where their so­ called hero's come from(were bought)yet rmember­ success of decades ago!!!!!!!

hey terri-ann how bout you shut up. go and talk about­ your @#$% team and stay off liverpool pages.

Why do we find it easy to abuse opposing managers and­ teams? Why can't we for ones stay quiet if we do­ not have contribution to make? Someone said Benitez­ spent 17 million on a defender and that means is a fool­ because ferguson has never done that before. The fellow­ has forgotten the amount spent on ferdinand (30­ million); But if you think that this is a forum for­ venting your dislike for opposing teams and managers,­ then you are getting it wrong because what you say here­ go a long way to show how mature and intelligent you­ are. Benitez has said nothing wrong, the headline does­ not really represent his comments. CHELSEA FOR­ REAL............ Whatch out for chelsea this coming­ season.........ChoooooooooWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww­ .

forget bout barry..now..rafa should look for juan­ mata,silva and villa or some player can replace pennant­ and alonso also mascherano...

Can you really blame Barry? Rafa had the chance to sign­ him last year but was not willing to spend an extra­ couple of million on him, yet he now spends that amount­ on a right back! (forget the money they owed you for­ Crouch he has still cost 18m).

kim s,you are the one who is idiot in this­ board!!!because you are liverfool fans,so surely you­ will defence this old man and your club..saying about­ facts and intelligent,I don't think that all you­ say is a fact and correct one among others.people­ who's always pretend to be smart like you actually­ is the one who's couldn't accept the reality...

JT for city,,,,£250.000,per week,,,,

I think most fans would welcome having city finishing­ in top 4 to change it a bit, they are just all scared­ that it might be there team that gets­ replaced......After all would Vidic, Fabregas, Torres,­ Essien (Etc.) all be happy at their club if they were­ only finishing 5th and playing in Uefa? doubt it!

ALL I CAN SAY IS,,WHAT A SOFT C**T,,IF THE GAMES GETTIN­ TO HOT,,GET OUT THE KITCHEN FAT BOY,,,NO POINT MOANING­ AT WHAT CITY HAVE,,F***ING FAT JOKER,,,UP THE­ BLUES
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Rafa wat bout Madrid spendin 200m dey dont even have,­ racking up debts dey have no intention of payin­ bak.....why dont uefa step in and put a stop to­ dis....At least city's owner has the money, its­ chump change to him....Let him try buy success it­ worked 4 chelsea well for 2 yrs at least, now der not­ even as gud as pool haha

don`t man city deserve a bit of success after 33 years­ without a trophy, i`ve just read. sorry i thought you­ had to earn success not buy it. teams like liverpool,­ man utd, arsenal, everton, spurs, villa these teams­ have been at the top flight for a long time and have­ had success for years because they are great clubs with­ hard work and great traditions. city have been a yoyo­ club for years with no success. so the only way they­ think they can become a successful club is by buying­ every player they can. so carry mark hughes your doing­ a great job there at man city your record speaks­ volumes p 56 - W 24 - D 8 - L 24. i mean rafa lost 2­ games last season (and city fans says rafa`s a s**te­ manager)
so with a record like mark hughes, your odds­ on to topple the top 4 and even win the league.

How can Pool fans claim they haven't spent money?!­ just did a quick sum not including all signings and the­ total is over £190m since he started. Which is a fair­ amount of money. You may say "but we got money­ back on most players such as Crouch, Keane and sissoko­ etc." well fair enough but that to me says he has­ signed many failures, after all United have had plenty­ of money come back in for sales. It is money spent not­ net profit after sales. Liverpool have spent money so­ please stop making out United and Chelsea have spent so­ much more.

bigusvernus
Bit contradictive there, in 1 sentence u­ say for fans to stick to there own boards teams etc...­ then very next line start talking about every other­ team lol

what really makes me giggle is that the fans, and i­ mean that in the loosest sense of the word, of the­ "big four" are now not very happy because­ there is a new kid in town whos got pockets full of­ moola and the money to buy all the best toys. comment­ 431 is typical of this attitude, city will be a major­ european force within the next three to five years and­ there is not alot the fans or boards of these other­ teams can do about. i suggest that the other teams fans­ and boards concentrate on matters at their own clubs ,­ for example, where any money for anything is gonna come­ from at liverpool, at the minute they can buy an egg­ cup never mind the premier league and one of their own­ (torres) has already stated that city will be a threat­ this season, utd, well what can i say, great team but­ if this seasons ambition is reflected in their summer­ signings, nothing more needs to be said. we will not go­ away, we are back and the "big four" dont­ like that, unlucky!!!! the future looks very blue, CTID

Kim S
Liverpools squad might not be as expensive now as­ the rest, but your forgetting all the flops the waiter­ has spent big money on and just sold on a year later,­ or sent on loan or given away free to a sunday league­ pub team.

Benitez is a fool, he spent the whole of last summer­ wasting time over Villa's demands for the fee for­ Barry, right up to the last minute on transfer deadline­ day. Mark Hughes decided enough is enough and moved­ quickly and positively, this is what Barry wanted,­ Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea have had their­ cosy little top four domination for too long, funded by­ cash from the champions league. this is not healthy for­ the game shown by dwindling attendances as people who­ have no chance of ever winning anything losing­ interest. City will at least put a fresh face in the­ mix and those who bleat about the money ask yourselves­ one thing, City fans have had 33 years of jack s***t to­ shout about, do we not deserve a bit of success? like­ it or not, we are getting stronger and will within a­ couple of years be where we want to be, the fat spanish­ waiter wouldn't be whingeing if it was him who had­ a virtually unlimited budget would he? he is a @#$% and­ Liverpool would be better off with a different manager­ who could at least be honest and admit that apart from­ Alonso and Torres has signed also ran after also ran­ and sold them a season later.

Wow, I dont feel Raffa is a good manager, however the­ filth spewed out at him is ludicrous, its a game, a­ sport, lets not get carried away.