flb
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I don't care what the likes some of these ex players say about "Peps team couldn't handle" the physicality of the game back then, a load of old bullshit, the game is far tougher these days-even the likes of Leicester, Villa etc are spending £100m in a transfer window, teams can literally take points off anybody-Brentford with us be the perfect example. Their are at least 4 genuine title contenders these days, and the teams out of the top four are far far stronger these days than 20 years ago. we've smashed the 90 point bracket on a regular basis and gone deep into every domestic cup competition and the CL.You could argue that the competition, back then, was much more of a level playing field, if not heavily weighted towards Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus who had unlimited spending power, and bought all the best players in the world.
United didn't have a monopoly on winning the PL. Infact, weren't even champions of England in the treble season. And Bayern Munich were the favourites going into that game.
Also, it was a feat that was accomplished with 7 academy players. 6 of them from Greater Manchester.
This makes the 99 treble a fairly unique occurrence, that probably will never be matched.
*grabs coat*
United spent plenty, lets make that very clear, id also say that the CL is harder to win, yes, the Likes of Madrid, Juventus spent big money, any treble is a big achievement , united had 4 academy players on the pitch for the CL win in 99, would have been 3 if Keane wasn't suspended- the rest were bought for big money, City have had 3 academy products playing CL football this season.
Their is nothing unique about the united treble , and it has been surpassed by the way, City did it as PL champions, in fact 3 PL titles on the bounce, culminating in the final season by bringing the CL back to Manchester, and two seasons prior we won the domestic treble.
United didn't have the monopoly in the PL? Naaa mate, thats a load of bullshit.