‘Becks’ was benched in 2002/03 having clashed with the boss over his PR priorities. Solskjaer was generally starting ahead of him on the right. In the case of Ronaldo, he won everything he could with us then moved on to the biggest club in the world. Which of your ‘stars’ do you think Real wanted/needed? They’ve been busy winning European Cups in the past decade.
The stats are after 27 games played last season you had 66 points, but at the same time this year you’re on 61 - that’s regression and Haaland is the most notable variable element between the two teams.
We had Van Nistelrooy come in after consecutive 3 title wins, score 44 goals and make us worse. As we look to close the gap over the next year or so I hope the you keep him and we get Kane.
Any club in the world would love De Bruyne. Madrid always wanted David Silva. If they have been "busy" winning European cups, I am not sure why they bought players after winning the first one.
So a 5 point loss is regression? Maybe we have played our tougher games earlier?
And in all honesty, you will not find a single City fan who would want Kane for Haaland, so you can be happy about that.
Also, how do you look to close the gap, you are literally in and around where Jose and Ole had you, if you just want to compare points at this point.
You lot are 50 points from 26 games right now (GD: 6)
Season 20/21 (Ole): 51 points from 27 games (GD: 19)
Season 18/19 (Jose+Ole): 52 points from 27 games (GD: 18)
Season 17/18 (Jose): 56 points from 27 games (GD: 32)
Season 16/17 (Jose): 52 points from 27 games (GD: 19)
Season 14/15 (LVG): 50 points from 27 games (GD: 20)
Hope that puts everything into perspective. Your club has been at the same point at this stage every year, infact your GD has been the worse this year (regardless of 7-0).