Dancfc
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By that principle you can say the same with a lot of clubs.You're still living off the elevation given to you by that huge initial investment though. It's like the son of a billionaire saying he made it on his own because he no longer needs to live on handouts (after having his entire business built up by the money of others).
You don't act like a sugarbaby club anymore, but the reason why you are where you are is entirely down to being exactly that at one point.
Arsenal's initial elevation to where they are today started with Henry Norris allegedly buying (literally) a promotion (they have regained their top flight status ever since). United you only need to go slightly into their wiki page to see they were saved from liquidation as Newton Heath thanks to four wealthy businessmen. I'm sure if I dug hard enough I could find situations where Liverpool and Spurs got themselves a bit of a leg up aswell.