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Paul Scholes has cranked up the rivalry ahead of Saturday's white-hot all-Manchester FA Cup semi-final by thanking City’s billionaire Abu Dhabi owners for driving United’s latest Treble charge.
The Reds midfielder believes the mega-bucks spent by the Blues has made Sir Alex Ferguson more determined than ever to ensure United’s supremacy.
“With them getting the money, it has probably helped us,” he said. “It spurred us on a bit more when we played them. They have definitely gone up a level from where they had been before and it probably made us concentrate a little bit more than we normally would.”
United have won six out of eight derbies despite City spending £300m on players since being taken over in 2008.
Their only victory came in the first leg of last season’s Carling Cup semi-final, which United went on to win on aggregate.
“Because they haven’t been as big a club as us, there has never been much pressure on them going into derby games,” said Scholes. “We were going into derbies expecting to win them. But since they have come into the money, it does give you a little bit more of an edge to make sure you do win.”
As well as local bragging rights, Saturday's Wembley clash takes on added importance with United in search of the Treble and City looking for a first major trophy since 1976.
Scholes says City must win something before they can truly consider themselves a genuine threat to United’s dominance.
“When they are fourth or fifth in the league, I don’t think they can be classed as a main rival,” he said. “Our main rivals are obviously Arsenal and Chelsea. I think City are just a rival because of where they are geographically. We won’t hear the end of it if they win, especially if they go on to win the Cup. It’s an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, it’s massive.“There will be 30,000 fans from each side, so it’s the biggest game we’ve had against City for a while, so whoever loses will be devastated.
“We have a belief that we can beat anybody, but if City have that, I’m not too sure.”
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Paul Scholes has cranked up the rivalry ahead of Saturday's white-hot all-Manchester FA Cup semi-final by thanking City’s billionaire Abu Dhabi owners for driving United’s latest Treble charge.
The Reds midfielder believes the mega-bucks spent by the Blues has made Sir Alex Ferguson more determined than ever to ensure United’s supremacy.
“With them getting the money, it has probably helped us,” he said. “It spurred us on a bit more when we played them. They have definitely gone up a level from where they had been before and it probably made us concentrate a little bit more than we normally would.”
United have won six out of eight derbies despite City spending £300m on players since being taken over in 2008.
Their only victory came in the first leg of last season’s Carling Cup semi-final, which United went on to win on aggregate.
“Because they haven’t been as big a club as us, there has never been much pressure on them going into derby games,” said Scholes. “We were going into derbies expecting to win them. But since they have come into the money, it does give you a little bit more of an edge to make sure you do win.”
As well as local bragging rights, Saturday's Wembley clash takes on added importance with United in search of the Treble and City looking for a first major trophy since 1976.
Scholes says City must win something before they can truly consider themselves a genuine threat to United’s dominance.
“When they are fourth or fifth in the league, I don’t think they can be classed as a main rival,” he said. “Our main rivals are obviously Arsenal and Chelsea. I think City are just a rival because of where they are geographically. We won’t hear the end of it if they win, especially if they go on to win the Cup. It’s an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, it’s massive.“There will be 30,000 fans from each side, so it’s the biggest game we’ve had against City for a while, so whoever loses will be devastated.
“We have a belief that we can beat anybody, but if City have that, I’m not too sure.”
check out the bold bit as the final insult