“Money can’t buy you success” So says Manchester United captain Gary Neville in a scathing attack on ‘noisy neighbours’™ Manchester City.
Roberto Mancini has already spent £100M of the sheikh’s ‘filthy petro-dollars’™ this summer on Jerome Boateng, Yaya Toure & David Silva, with more big money signings supposedly in the pipeline. But the United skipper says this won’t bring the success the trophy-less club crave.
“Money can’t buy you success. It can only buy you players. At United our success has always been built on a core of home grown talent like myself, Giggsy, Scholesy, Wayne & Rio. Not on imported big money signings. We’ve never needed to break transfer records or pay over the odds for players.”
England regular Neville has also hit out at ‘Megabucks’™ City’s lack of recent success. “You shouldn’t be able to just rock up with a pile of cash & start buying players. You need to earn the right to buy big by winning trophies first.”
Neville points to this lack of success & having no history as the reason ‘Moneybags’™ City need to pay massive wages to entice players to come to Eastlands, such as the reported £200,000 per week offered to Yaya Toure. “We don’t pay silly money here” said Neville. “We don’t have to pay anyone £250 grand a week. Players come here for pride, history & to work with the greatest manager ever, Sir Alex. I’d gladly play for nothing.”
Rumours that United’s lack of spending is actually down to there being no money available was laughed of by the England ace. “The Glazers have got it right. They’ve invested huge amounts of their money into the club & helped us remain successful & profitable. Not like these Arabs. They just throw money at players saddling City with a huge debt. That’s no business plan.”
Echoing these comments is his Utd & England team-mate, Rio Ferdinand who can’t understand why anyone would want to play for a club that has never won anything.
“I came to United because of the history & the success. I wanted to win things. The fact that I doubled my wages & insisted on a pay parity clause was nothing to do with it. As a kid I always supported whichever team was winning, and as a player I’m no different. That’s why I went to Leeds & then came here when Leeds stopped winning things.”
Time will tell whether ‘the Richest Club in World’™ can buy success. But two of the most successful players of all time think you can’t.
Roberto Mancini has already spent £100M of the sheikh’s ‘filthy petro-dollars’™ this summer on Jerome Boateng, Yaya Toure & David Silva, with more big money signings supposedly in the pipeline. But the United skipper says this won’t bring the success the trophy-less club crave.
“Money can’t buy you success. It can only buy you players. At United our success has always been built on a core of home grown talent like myself, Giggsy, Scholesy, Wayne & Rio. Not on imported big money signings. We’ve never needed to break transfer records or pay over the odds for players.”
England regular Neville has also hit out at ‘Megabucks’™ City’s lack of recent success. “You shouldn’t be able to just rock up with a pile of cash & start buying players. You need to earn the right to buy big by winning trophies first.”
Neville points to this lack of success & having no history as the reason ‘Moneybags’™ City need to pay massive wages to entice players to come to Eastlands, such as the reported £200,000 per week offered to Yaya Toure. “We don’t pay silly money here” said Neville. “We don’t have to pay anyone £250 grand a week. Players come here for pride, history & to work with the greatest manager ever, Sir Alex. I’d gladly play for nothing.”
Rumours that United’s lack of spending is actually down to there being no money available was laughed of by the England ace. “The Glazers have got it right. They’ve invested huge amounts of their money into the club & helped us remain successful & profitable. Not like these Arabs. They just throw money at players saddling City with a huge debt. That’s no business plan.”
Echoing these comments is his Utd & England team-mate, Rio Ferdinand who can’t understand why anyone would want to play for a club that has never won anything.
“I came to United because of the history & the success. I wanted to win things. The fact that I doubled my wages & insisted on a pay parity clause was nothing to do with it. As a kid I always supported whichever team was winning, and as a player I’m no different. That’s why I went to Leeds & then came here when Leeds stopped winning things.”
Time will tell whether ‘the Richest Club in World’™ can buy success. But two of the most successful players of all time think you can’t.