City had to spend to catch up to offset structural limitations of soccer, but is the model franchise these days, along with Real.

Barca, United, and Chelsea are currently disgraces in terms of terrible spending and financial management.

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Posted by Girth Donor

Member since Apr 2011

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Posted on 11/17/23 at 8:16 am to SlowFlowPro

Madrid has it made as they don't have to share TV profits with the rest of La Liga. The difference between them and Cadiz, Alaves, etc is monumental.

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Posted by TFTC

Chicago, Il

Member since May 2010

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Posted on 11/17/23 at 8:19 am to SlowFlowPro

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City had to spend to catch up

Lol... they spent to do a little more than that... They spent and spent and spent until they were at the absolute top of European soccer...

No doubt they now have great infrastructure and the right people in place...

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Posted by StraightCashHomey21

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Member since Jul 2009

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Posted on 11/17/23 at 3:24 pm to SlowFlowPro

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franchise

Clubs are not franchises, that’s a completely different sporting concept

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SlowFlowPro

Watching you go to bat defending City while wanting to put Barca at the stake is peak hypocrisy

Yes United have spent terrible but that’s what happens when you don’t have football people in the positions they need to be in. At the end of the day United is spending money generated by the club. All while the owners take dividends out the club and spend nothing on the club infrastructure

Also FFP is actually being enforced on traditional powers like United and Juve even though you swore that would never happen

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