Media discussion - 2025/26

[dublinblue12]

It's about time he finally won something after spending that much

 

[jimharri]

Media headline, Trafford signing takes us past 2bn spent under Pep, no context or inclusion of incoming fees, just a total of fees spent. Also no mention of the time frame or what other clubs have spent in that period. Cunts

You see where you're going wrong, don't you?

;-)

 

[blueju]

Media headline, Trafford signing takes us past 2bn spent under Pep, no context or inclusion of incoming fees, just a total of fees spent. Also no mention of the time frame or what other clubs have spent in that period. Cunts

Tbf it says his ‘career’ spend.

 

[Gordyola]

Media headline, Trafford signing takes us past 2bn spent under Pep, no context or inclusion of incoming fees, just a total of fees spent. Also no mention of the time frame or what other clubs have spent in that period. Cunts

Being at elite clubs he signs elite players which generally have higher fees
Eg Frank will now spend more money per player at Spurs than at Brentford
Slot at Liverpool v Feyenoord another example
However much did GPC spend in his time if football inflation was taken into account

 

[Metalartin]

Found this earlier, when replying to a scouser insisting City have been doing what Liverpool have just done, most seasons(along with all the usual cheating and 115 comments). To excuse talksport and the likes doing damage control and positive spin on their recent spending(defending their defenders).

Brighton follow Manchester United and Chelsea as biggest seasonal spenders

Only five teams since the start of the Premier League have spent the most money and won the Premier League title. Brighton(!) will not change that trend.

www.football365.com

I don't recall I've seen anyone lay it out like this before. It's obviously not a total sum of gross spend and not based on net spend. Just the number of times City have been the top spending club. Which is an answer to the actual argument some make.

I make that 6 times in total for City in the PL era. All coming after the takeover in 2008/09.

3 of the seasons were immediately after the takeover, all before UEFA's FFP arrived for the 2011/12 season.
4 out of 6 were before Pep arrived.
2 after Pep arrived(2016/17), during his first two seasons(the first rebuild).

Chelsea have 9
City have 6
United have 5
Liverpool have 3(soon to be 4)
Newcastle have 3
Blackburn have 2
Arsenal, Spurs, Leeds, Everton all tied on 1

In other news...

The top 7 gross spend total in the PL era(so far):

1	Chelsea FC	€4.16bn
2	Manchester City	€3.24bn
3	Manchester United	€2.98bn
4	Liverpool FC	€2.47bn
5	Tottenham Hotspur	€2.30bn
6	Arsenal FC	€2.24bn
7	Newcastle United	€1.58bn

Top 7 net spend in the PL era(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Chelsea FC	€-1,998.53m
2	Manchester United	€-1,979.76m
3	Manchester City	€-1,968.98m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,264.43m
5	Liverpool FC	€-1,138.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-1,133.78m
7	Newcastle United	€-756.86m

So, even without adjusting for inflation, the argument is gone on gross and net spend in the PL era.

Top 7 gross spend(so far) since the City takeover in 2008/09:

1	Chelsea FC	€3.39bn
2	Manchester City	€3.00bn
3	Manchester United	€2.45bn
4	Liverpool FC	€1.99bn
5	Arsenal FC	€1.91bn
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€1.87bn
7	West Ham United	€1.24bn

Top 7 net spend since the City takeover in 2008/09(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Manchester City	€-1,827.83m
2	Manchester United	€-1,691.11m
3	Chelsea FC	€-1,447.72m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,167.13m
5	Liverpool FC	€-873.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-863.85m
7	Newcastle United	€-561.28m

Also, Chelsea are comfortably the highest gross spending team and United are less than £125m from overtaking City, in net spend since the 2008 takeover.

Maybe BlueCityBrain or someone else can revisit some of this at the close of the transfer window and add in all the academy sales which are missing. Maybe United have already overtaken City since 2008? This will be extra ammo, if City are exonerated of the PL financial charges.

 

[city2]

I don’t give a fuck about any media reports on how much City have spent because they never mention the red cartel spending so fuck em right up the sheriffs badge and hope it hurts.

 

[jrb]

The headline was changed to now include Pep's spending has reached £2bill.

Cunts!

The pile on comments are all to predictable.

Cheque Book Pep, black, fucking blah.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Being at elite clubs he signs elite players which generally have higher fees
Eg Frank will now spend more money per player at Spurs than at Brentford
Slot at Liverpool v Feyenoord another example
However much did GPC spend in his time if football inflation was taken into account

Maybe someone should do a graphic on how Slot spent more in one summer than Pep spent in his first 7 years in management

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

The headline was changed to now include Pep's spending has reached £2bill.

Cunts!

The pile on comments are all to predictable.

Cheque Book Pep, black, fucking blah.

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I feel his pain.

It reminds me of an ex of mine in the 90s who would call out my spending at Cellar 5. She said nobody spends like that at somewhere like that.

 

[Micky Blue]

The headline was changed to now include Pep's spending has reached £2bill.

Cunts!

The pile on comments are all to predictable.

Cheque Book Pep, black, fucking blah.

View attachment 164493

Fucking BBC and our old friend Shamoon have been at it again too.
The price was (officially I believe) £27m but a source at Burnley (probably the tea lady) has said it’s £30m plus add ons so it’s a record allegedly for a British keeper.

The way they frame is is a joke.
Instead of city sign a keeper for £27m or allegedly £30m it’s a fucking record amount.

Fuck off Shamoon and fuck off BBC

 

[Kippax77]

This as all been orchestrated from the red media to distract from Liverpool's transfer splurge this window.
Plus we are quickly approaching the start of a new season, so the media are warming up with their "we all hate city" propaganda, again on the request of our yank cousins within the English Premier League

 

[mattcity5]

Found this earlier, when replying to a scouser insisting City have been doing what Liverpool have just done, most seasons(along with all the usual cheating and 115 comments). To excuse talksport and the likes doing damage control and positive spin on their recent spending(defending their defenders).

Brighton follow Manchester United and Chelsea as biggest seasonal spenders

Only five teams since the start of the Premier League have spent the most money and won the Premier League title. Brighton(!) will not change that trend.

www.football365.com

I don't recall I've seen anyone lay it out like this before. It's obviously not a total sum of gross spend and not based on net spend. Just the number of times City have been the top spending club. Which is an answer to the actual argument some make.

I make that 6 times in total for City in the PL era. All coming after the takeover in 2008/09.

3 of the seasons were immediately after the takeover, all before UEFA's FFP arrived for the 2011/12 season.
4 out of 6 were before Pep arrived.
2 after Pep arrived(2016/17), during his first two seasons(the first rebuild).

Chelsea have 9
City have 6
United have 5
Liverpool have 3(soon to be 4)
Newcastle have 3
Blackburn have 2
Arsenal, Spurs, Leeds, Everton all tied on 1

In other news...

The top 7 gross spend total in the PL era(so far):

1	Chelsea FC	€4.16bn
2	Manchester City	€3.24bn
3	Manchester United	€2.98bn
4	Liverpool FC	€2.47bn
5	Tottenham Hotspur	€2.30bn
6	Arsenal FC	€2.24bn
7	Newcastle United	€1.58bn

Top 7 net spend in the PL era(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Chelsea FC	€-1,998.53m
2	Manchester United	€-1,979.76m
3	Manchester City	€-1,968.98m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,264.43m
5	Liverpool FC	€-1,138.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-1,133.78m
7	Newcastle United	€-756.86m

So, even without adjusting for inflation, the argument is gone on gross and net spend in the PL era.

Top 7 gross spend(so far) since the City takeover in 2008/09:

1	Chelsea FC	€3.39bn
2	Manchester City	€3.00bn
3	Manchester United	€2.45bn
4	Liverpool FC	€1.99bn
5	Arsenal FC	€1.91bn
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€1.87bn
7	West Ham United	€1.24bn

Top 7 net spend since the City takeover in 2008/09(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Manchester City	€-1,827.83m
2	Manchester United	€-1,691.11m
3	Chelsea FC	€-1,447.72m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,167.13m
5	Liverpool FC	€-873.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-863.85m
7	Newcastle United	€-561.28m

Also, Chelsea are comfortably the highest gross spending team and United are less than £125m from overtaking City, in net spend since the 2008 takeover.

Maybe BlueCityBrain or someone else can revisit some of this at the close of the transfer window and add in all the academy sales which are missing. Maybe United have already overtaken City since 2008? This will be extra ammo, if City are exonerated of the PL financial charges.

Some of this is quite good. I don't give F365 the clicks anymore, but the bit I don't understand in the tables is - why exclude academy sales? Unless they actually mean sales of players who are still in the Academy (at the time of sale), rather than players who have come through the academy?

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Fucking BBC and our old friend Shamoon have been at it again too.
The price was (officially I believe) £27m but a source at Burnley (probably the tea lady) has said it’s £30m plus add ons so it’s a record allegedly for a British keeper.

The way they frame is is a joke.
Instead of city sign a keeper for £27m or allegedly £30m it’s a fucking record amount.

Fuck off Shamoon and fuck off BBC

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Clear and obvious . Propaganda pure and simple . It's how all cartels work and will not change . Vile but predictable.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

The headline was changed to now include Pep's spending has reached £2bill.

Cunts!

The pile on comments are all to predictable.

Cheque Book Pep, black, fucking blah.

View attachment 164493

Laughable they can put snide digs in like that when City spend but Liverpool spending when they haven’t posted a profit since 2022 is seen as a well run club going about its business. Bringing Trafford back shoes how the academy works in getting young players out gaining experience and having the option to buy them back if Pep thinks they will make the grade.

The rags and dippers haven’t been able to replicate City’s academy in how it identifies and develops talent that then recoup fees from other clubs for players. It’s made City a billion since the CFAs construction in 2014 but they don’t want to talk about that.

 

[nmc]

So the BBC bust a gut to avoid calling Wirtz a British transfer record but add a few million on to ensure they can make a story out of the Trafford transfer. Utter cunts. Even at £31m how does that compare to Allison?

 

[manimanc]

Fucking BBC and our old friend Shamoon have been at it again too.
The price was (officially I believe) £27m but a source at Burnley (probably the tea lady) has said it’s £30m plus add ons so it’s a record allegedly for a British keeper.

The way they frame is is a joke.
Instead of city sign a keeper for £27m or allegedly £30m it’s a fucking record amount.

Fuck off Shamoon and fuck off BBC

View attachment 164496

Shamoon mother fucka.

 

[nmc]

Shamoon mother fucka.

He’s a red bastard.

 

[Centurions]

Found this earlier, when replying to a scouser insisting City have been doing what Liverpool have just done, most seasons(along with all the usual cheating and 115 comments). To excuse talksport and the likes doing damage control and positive spin on their recent spending(defending their defenders).

Brighton follow Manchester United and Chelsea as biggest seasonal spenders

Only five teams since the start of the Premier League have spent the most money and won the Premier League title. Brighton(!) will not change that trend.

www.football365.com

I don't recall I've seen anyone lay it out like this before. It's obviously not a total sum of gross spend and not based on net spend. Just the number of times City have been the top spending club. Which is an answer to the actual argument some make.

I make that 6 times in total for City in the PL era. All coming after the takeover in 2008/09.

3 of the seasons were immediately after the takeover, all before UEFA's FFP arrived for the 2011/12 season.
4 out of 6 were before Pep arrived.
2 after Pep arrived(2016/17), during his first two seasons(the first rebuild).

Chelsea have 9
City have 6
United have 5
Liverpool have 3(soon to be 4)
Newcastle have 3
Blackburn have 2
Arsenal, Spurs, Leeds, Everton all tied on 1

In other news...

The top 7 gross spend total in the PL era(so far):

1	Chelsea FC	€4.16bn
2	Manchester City	€3.24bn
3	Manchester United	€2.98bn
4	Liverpool FC	€2.47bn
5	Tottenham Hotspur	€2.30bn
6	Arsenal FC	€2.24bn
7	Newcastle United	€1.58bn

Top 7 net spend in the PL era(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Chelsea FC	€-1,998.53m
2	Manchester United	€-1,979.76m
3	Manchester City	€-1,968.98m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,264.43m
5	Liverpool FC	€-1,138.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-1,133.78m
7	Newcastle United	€-756.86m

So, even without adjusting for inflation, the argument is gone on gross and net spend in the PL era.

Top 7 gross spend(so far) since the City takeover in 2008/09:

1	Chelsea FC	€3.39bn
2	Manchester City	€3.00bn
3	Manchester United	€2.45bn
4	Liverpool FC	€1.99bn
5	Arsenal FC	€1.91bn
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€1.87bn
7	West Ham United	€1.24bn

Top 7 net spend since the City takeover in 2008/09(so far, not including academy sales):

1	Manchester City	€-1,827.83m
2	Manchester United	€-1,691.11m
3	Chelsea FC	€-1,447.72m
4	Arsenal FC	€-1,167.13m
5	Liverpool FC	€-873.54m
6	Tottenham Hotspur	€-863.85m
7	Newcastle United	€-561.28m

Also, Chelsea are comfortably the highest gross spending team and United are less than £125m from overtaking City, in net spend since the 2008 takeover.

Maybe BlueCityBrain or someone else can revisit some of this at the close of the transfer window and add in all the academy sales which are missing. Maybe United have already overtaken City since 2008? This will be extra ammo, if City are exonerated of the PL financial charges.

I don't know what other teams have made from academy sales but ours is sitting at around half a billion euros from the last 11 seasons I believe. Yes, €500m incoming. It is odd how they decide to not include that.

 

[Nascent Blues]

The headline was changed to now include Pep's spending has reached £2bill.

Cunts!

The pile on comments are all to predictable.

Cheque Book Pep, black, fucking blah.

View attachment 164493

They've actually used euros, not pounds, just so they can use the headline. Sad, risible cunts.

 

[Marvin.]

Prior to the Club World Cup, the BBC's Dan Roan made it clear that the BBC were hostile to the Club World Cup due to alleged connections to Saudi Arabia through the broadcaster DAZN, and that Saudi Arabia had a controversial human rights record. Then for the last month we have been bombarded with propaganda about the Lionesses.

For all the talk of Arab sportswashing, no one indulges in this more than the BBC.