‘He’s not holding back’, ‘spitting facts’ – Man City fans react as club chief makes Man Utd spending jibe

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has hit back at criticism of the club’s spending on transfers with claims about how much rivals Manchester United splurge on players.

Following the signing of Erling Haaland, who has landed in Manchester to complete his £51million move to the newly-crowned Premier League champions, the question has once again been raised about the fairness of the footballing ecosystem.

The narrative has been that nobody was able to compete with the offers that others, notably Real Madrid and Liverpool, were unable to compete with the financial packages of Manchester City.

That idea was put to City Chief Executive Ferran Soriano by Catalan radio station RAC1, with The Mirror covering his comments. Soriano was assertive in his answers.

He said the Haaland deal represented value for money for the champions, who have offset the low transfer fee for such a formidable young player with the big salary he is being paid.

“People construct narratives that are lies, that don’t make sense. If you look at the income of English clubs, the biggest earner is Manchester United. They earn £100m more than City, Liverpool and Chelsea. We don’t have more money. In fact, we have less.”

“I have three shareholders: one from the United Arab Emirates, one from the United States and one from China. They are three investment funds that are looking for profitability and that we try to win and grow the business and make money.

” How much money has United spent in recent years and how much has City spent? If you analyse it, you will see that United has spent more, and that City has won 11 titles in the last few years and United one or two, and no league titles.

“The French market is different. PSG has revenues of €600 million and the next biggest club €250 million. There is a big difference here, but you can’t compare City with PSG. We are not a club state. We are a club owned by three shareholders.”

These Ferran Soriano’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters.

“Ferran from deep spitting facts.”
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“He’s not holding back 😂”
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“United catching strays 😭.”
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“Need more of this energy 🙌🔥.”
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“I’m loving this new Manchester City, no more being modest to the so-called big teams; let’s call their failures as it is and celebrate our achievements on and off the pitch..”
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“He better be capping though… I don’t care that they call us oil… I love it…let’s ruin football.”
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“And they’ll call us oil club 😂 ”
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