The same man who said we didn't have the team spirit to win the league, who works for a club who just spent £24million and £200k+/week on a 29-year-old and is criticising our transfer policy.
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Sir Alex Ferguson's first-team coach has blasted Manchester City's big-spending policy and said they have no long-term strategy.
City's mega-rich Abu Dhabi owners have spent £480million on players in four years, compared to £185m by Manchester United over the same period.
Although City's riches ultimately saw them crowned champions last season, United coach Rene Meulensteen said their transfer policy had “no foundation” and said they will struggle to retain the title.
“City has got a sort of different policy, right?” said Meulensteen. “It's the quick-fix, so to speak.
“I know the owners, I've been in the Middle East myself, I know a little bit the mentality of the Arabs and it's keep on spending, spending, spending until they've got it, right.
“There's no foundation based on a long-term sort of thing. If you look at the squad in general, they are all mid-20s, established players.
“So you've got experience and all this, that and the other, so really that's the way that they wanted to go. They've got hold of that champions [status] now.
“We know as no other club what it is to win the league and then start again. Right, it is hard, it is difficult, the motivation is different, certainly the pressures they have to deal with is different.”
Meulensteen also said City will find it a harder task now they are champions, with other teams desperate to claim their prized scalp.
“They will be looked upon differently,” said Meulensteen in an interview with United fanzine Red News.
“Like I said, you hit a patch where you hit the wrong notes and it can be really difficult, but the most important thing for us is we're not really too bothered about that.
“We look to what we stand for, what we want and I'm sure as long as the manager is in charge we will never move away too far from our principles and values that we stand for.”
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Sir Alex Ferguson's first-team coach has blasted Manchester City's big-spending policy and said they have no long-term strategy.
City's mega-rich Abu Dhabi owners have spent £480million on players in four years, compared to £185m by Manchester United over the same period.
Although City's riches ultimately saw them crowned champions last season, United coach Rene Meulensteen said their transfer policy had “no foundation” and said they will struggle to retain the title.
“City has got a sort of different policy, right?” said Meulensteen. “It's the quick-fix, so to speak.
“I know the owners, I've been in the Middle East myself, I know a little bit the mentality of the Arabs and it's keep on spending, spending, spending until they've got it, right.
“There's no foundation based on a long-term sort of thing. If you look at the squad in general, they are all mid-20s, established players.
“So you've got experience and all this, that and the other, so really that's the way that they wanted to go. They've got hold of that champions [status] now.
“We know as no other club what it is to win the league and then start again. Right, it is hard, it is difficult, the motivation is different, certainly the pressures they have to deal with is different.”
Meulensteen also said City will find it a harder task now they are champions, with other teams desperate to claim their prized scalp.
“They will be looked upon differently,” said Meulensteen in an interview with United fanzine Red News.
“Like I said, you hit a patch where you hit the wrong notes and it can be really difficult, but the most important thing for us is we're not really too bothered about that.
“We look to what we stand for, what we want and I'm sure as long as the manager is in charge we will never move away too far from our principles and values that we stand for.”
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