Seems like they do rattle off these long winning runs every year. One particular year they reached about 20 consecutive wins, didn't they?
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Seems like they do rattle off these long winning runs every year. One particular year they reached about 20 consecutive wins, didn't they?
Made me want to check https://www.spotrac.com/epl/rankings/weekly/ and did Sancho really manage to get 350k pw at 21y old ? 
No doubt big City players are getting paid extra off the books though...
No doubt big City players are getting paid extra off the books though...
Are you denying that City has a squad relatively devoid of mega stars?This one actually believes that Pep and their players only get what's listed on City's books?
I've got some bad news about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy as well.
Sponsorship funds were also monitored by FFP.
I'm not accusing them, I'm saying they're not exactly trustworthy.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...bu-dhabi-money-second-contract-sheikh-mansour
What if most of their top players are being paid in a similar fashion?
Ha ha.... Why did them Heynckes and Flick could win the CL despite the "poor" medical team?
I rather believe it's Pep overthinking and the little loss of focus and intensity after having won the league too early.
From what I recall:
17/18: 18 game winning run
18:19: 14 game winning run to catch Pool
19/20: Liverpool go on 18 game winning run, win title
20/21: 13 game winning run
21/22: 10 game winning run and counting...
They surely aren't, but we don't need to see their books to know that players like Jesus, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Gündogan, Dias, Laporte aren't in the bracket of Ronaldo, Messi, Benzema, Varane, Mbappé, Ramos etc.
I assume De Bruyne is their top earner and even he isn't earning what the biggest earners at Real, PSG, Man United, Barca (before they had to get rid of Griezmann and Messi) make. He's probably getting around what Lewandowski gets.
That their inbred sponsorship deals are inflating their commercial income is another matter.
It must be this or something similar. Without paying way over normal, you can't manage a squad of 22 top quality players without unrest in the team, because some of them think they don't get enough playing time or are benched in the big games.
You said total wages of Man City and Bayern are almost the same.
I can't believe this. Maybe for the top 13 or 14 players but City has 22 or even more top players while at Munich the wages will drastically fall after the top 15 or 16.
Which 22 "or more" top players would that be, then? You will have to include Aké and Zinchenko in order to reach 18...
https://www.transfermarkt.de/manchester-city/kader/verein/281
Most United players don't earn as much as Ronaldo either...
Those City players aren't going to be on some meagre wages.
I wonder how many times we’re going to have to see xG overperformance catch up with a team before some conservative people on the caf actually see that xG might be useful.
True.
But I was saying they have a comparably sensible wage structure, not that they aren't paying a lot of their players a lot of money.
But Pep keeps crying about his players need a break.
He changes his starting 11s quite a bit though and because they've perfected the art of having a stranglehold on games, subs tend to be an unnecessary luxury
Definitely should be.
When Pep should be leaving that league?
2023 season
City only have about 15 or 16 top players. Man utd and Chelsea have more depth
You can try list City's squad and you will see that they are no deeper than most top clubs bar Liverpool
I saw this from swissramble on wage bills
#PSG €414m wage bill is the second highest in Europe, only surpassed by #FCBarcelona €443m (before their La Liga salary cap challenges), but more than clubs like #MCFC €401m, #RealMadrid €378m, #LFC €371m, #FCBayern €340m, #MUFC €324m and #CFC €323m. https://t.co/aPdPb4fPLO
Since 2019/20. City have bumped up KdB signed Grealish Ake and Dias
While lost the wages of Silva Aguero
#PSG €414m wage bill is the second highest in Europe, only surpassed by #FCBarcelona €443m (before their La Liga salary cap challenges), but more than clubs like #MCFC €401m, #RealMadrid €378m, #LFC €371m, #FCBayern €340m, #MUFC €324m and #CFC €323m. https://t.co/aPdPb4fPLO
Since 2019/20. City have bumped up KdB signed Grealish Ake and Dias
While lost the wages of Silva Aguero
Pretty bleak for Burnley. Almost 6 hours without a goal. That’s an OG I think.
Harry Maguire might well be having the worst individual season of any regular United CB in recent memory 
Burnley have a goal. Maguire is a tragedy.
All that goal came from a really lazy Wan-Bissaka pass and an even sloppier Bailly clearance. Maguire was the cherry on top of a pile of atrocious defending.
Who is the Burnley player trying to score directly from every corner?
Great save
If United play like this against Wolves, Villa and West Ham then they’ll struggle.
If they win 3-1 they'll struggle?
How poor is Wan Bissaka? Ralf will have RB top of his buy list in January.
Ralf will have RB top of his buy list in January.If you play like you have tonight, you won’t be 3-1 up.
We are playing like that now though and we are
Are you on something? West Ham, Wolves and Villa are much better than Burnley.
How much better are they? What's the predicted swing from 3-1?
Hmm, I’ll go 1-1 with Wolves, Villa and West Ham will beat you (or you take a narrow 2-1 because Moyes is nice).
You haven’t played well in your last three league games from what I’ve seen.
I'd concern yourself more with Liverpool after your last results and AFCON approaching
Guessing you haven’t seen Wolves and West Ham play as of late?
A lot of wishful thinking here, must be getting nervy with Chelsea on the horizon
Honestly I’ll be glad to see the back of Mane for a few weeks. Doesn’t matter anyway. We won’t win the league from here and will finish in the top four. Could really do with Guardiola pissing off.
No one has seen Wolves play for a while tbf. I’ve seen United play though.
I don’t know why some of you get so upset when someone calls a spade a spade. Your performances against Norwich, Newcastle and Burnley weren’t great. Tonight was ok I guess? If you’re delighted with how things are going then good for you. Agree to disagree and accept that I have a different view. You might end up top four, you might not. Doesn’t look like a fore gone conclusion right now to me.
Who said they were delighted?
We just don't like you scouse cnuts snooping about in our business thank you very much.