What the fish is Manchester City Football Club trying to do? Has the Sheikh lost his mind? No doubt he has (literally) tons of money but spending £200 million on players is a bit too much I must say. On top of that they are paid over a hundred thousand pounds a week (I’m guessing the average working class Englishman makes +/- £35,000 per year)Why do they need more than half a dozen (1) world class(-ish), international strikers in their payroll? And that does not include Adebayor, should he decide to join Man City. Why not spend on midfielders and defenders? How does Mark Hughes plan to play them? Maybe he’s thinking of a 2-3-5 formation?
If I was in Hughes' position, I'll be looking for good, skillful, young English/British players and spend big money on a few experienced internationals to guide the team. Keep the team intact for a couple of seasons, make them click together and hopefully in a few years time they'll be mature enough to challenge and even win some trophies.
Football teams should be built and not bought. There is no glory in buying a team. I like how Arsene Wenger builds Arsenal, by buying young promising players (2) and moulding them into world class players. Alex Ferguson successfully groomed a team (3) that turned out to be multiple champions.
Money is the root of all evil they say. That is not very far from the truth. Like speed, money also kills and as far as the beautiful game is concerned, money could be the cause of its death.
(1) Robinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez, Bellamy, Mwaruwari, Caicedo, Bojinov
(2) Viera, Anelka, Fabregas
(3) Giggs, Beckham, Scholes, Neville brothers, Sharpe, Butt
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