After 48 hours of the Premier League's devilish schedule, the fourth game of the devilish schedule was the last game of the league and the first game of 2012. The strong teams in the Premier League showed signs of weakness.
Liverpool went to the Etihad Stadium to challenge Manchester City. The two teams were goalless in 90 minutes!
Mancini's team was without Yaya Toure. In the previous match, they had attacked Sunderland ferociously, only to be defeated by their opponents. The Blue Moon were playing very conservatively on their home ground. The Reds, on the other hand, were already an arrow at the end of its flight due to injuries and multiple battles. The main force of the team needed to rest!
Their failure to conquer the Etihad Stadium did not discourage the Red Army. Liverpool was still sitting at the top of the table.
Manchester United's other team, the Red Devils, lost to Newcastle United cleanly by three goals in an away game!
0:3！
Fleet Street, fearing for the world to be in chaos, released the shocking title of the Red Devils' collapse, even though the Red Devils had only lost twice in a row!
Manchester United had won 14 and drawn 5 in their previous 19 games against Newcastle United. However, they lost again after a shocking defeat to Blackburn Rovers in the last round!
The performance of the top three teams in the Premier League title race gave Fleet Street a lot to write about.
For example, the focus on Manchester United was the many years of investment in transfer signings.
The Sky Sports commentator after the game said, "In the two games before and after the New Year, Manchester United was first defeated by vice-monitor Blackburn Rovers 2: 3 at home. Then they were completely defeated by Newcastle United, who had not lost in 10 years, 0: 3 at St James' Park.
The New Year was supposed to be a new year. However, Manchester United's two consecutive losses seemed to have brought us back to the frightening night when they lost to Basel 1: 2 and were blocked out of the Champions League's top 16. "
In the stoppage time of the game, the camera panned to the helpless veteran Ryan Giggs. Manchester United's best player was already 38 years old. Who could save the Red Devils?
Snede? Götze? Modric? Even if these players were willing to join, could Manchester United come up with a huge transfer fee?
Would the stingy Glazer Family be willing to buy it?
Manchester United's elimination from the Champions League had already caused the club to suffer a lot of financial losses. The "Vampire" boss, Malcolm Glazer, regarded Manchester United as a cash cow. It was undeniable that he had greatly increased the value of Manchester United's brand in terms of market operations. However, the profits generated by the club were all pocketed by him alone. There was very little money spent on the team.
Ferguson managed Manchester United well and won one trophy after another despite the tight financial situation. To some extent, this concealed the fact that the Glazer family was stingy.
Last summer, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, and Edwin van der Sar retired one after another. Manchester United's lineup suddenly became short-lived. Although Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, and other new stars had bright futures, the growth of young people came at a price. Being eliminated by Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup and being eliminated from the Champions League was the best proof.
The whole world knew that Manchester United needed to find a successor to Paul Scholes. Would Ferguson not be able to see the problem with the team?
The winter transfer window had already opened. Ferguson had repeatedly hinted in interviews that he would not easily buy players in the winter.
In fact, it was not true that he hoped to find potential in the team. The real thing was that he was embarrassingly short of money.
Last summer, Manchester United had the opportunity to bring in world-class core midfielders like Snede and Nasri. However, in the end, they gave up on the signings because of the transfer fee and the players' salaries.
Although Manchester United still spent nearly 50 million pounds to buy three players, De Gea, Ashley Young, and Phil Jones. However, "good steel was not used on the blade." Manchester United's weakness in the midfield was exposed in the course of the season. In addition, the team was constantly injured. In the end, it led to them losing the chance to compete for the two championship titles halfway through the season.
Manchester United was going to play against Manchester City in the third round of the FA Cup this Sunday. The previous home defeat of 1: 6 and the recent two consecutive defeats made Manchester United's away trip extremely dangerous. If there was any mistake, the three consecutive defeats would not only cause Manchester United to say goodbye to the FA Cup, but it would also have a negative impact on the team's mentality to compete for the league title.
With a large amount of money pouring into the world of football, clubs including Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, and other teams were bought by wealthy businessmen. The cruel reality had already proved that spending money was the absolute truth.
Since the acquisition of Manchester United in 2005, people witnessed with their own eyes how the Americans turned the most profitable club in the world into a poor team that was burdened with debt and had to tighten its belt to survive.
In the beginning, Manchester United was able to spend a lot of money to buy players like Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Hargreaves, Tevez, Berbatov, and others. However, since the financial crisis in 2008 swept the world, the Glazer family, whose main business was in the "disaster area" of the United States, suffered huge financial losses. This also made him reveal his true colors as a "miser."
Perhaps the statistics could explain everything. In the rankings of the net transfer investment of the Premier League teams from 2006 to 2011, Manchester United only ranked 14th out of the 20 Premier League teams in terms of net investment in buying players per season.
In these five years, Manchester United spent a total of 164.3 million pounds on signings. The total revenue from selling players was 150.85 million pounds. The net transfer investment was only 13.45 million pounds. On average, it was only 2.69 million pounds per season!
This could not be compared to Manchester City's net transfer investment of 76 million pounds per season. Even Aston Villa, Stoke City, Fulham, Bolton Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, and other teams had a net transfer investment above Manchester United!
Manchester United was the first team in the Premier League to make a profit of more than 100 million pounds. So, where did Manchester United's money go?
The Glazer family bought Manchester United through a bank loan. Until now, they still had to pay a huge amount of interest. Although Manchester United made a profit of more than 100 million pounds, the loss also reached a staggering 83.6 million pounds!
The biggest parasite in Manchester United was none other than the boss, Glazer. If he did not leave, Manchester United would never have any hope!
Sky Sports also made a comparison between Liverpool's success in the past two seasons.
Liverpool's net transfer investment was not as extravagant as Manchester City's, but they won in terms of the huge profits from the competition. Qin Xiong, Suárez, Thiago Silva, Baines, Johnson, Cabaye, Tiote, Raúl, Meireles, Sterling.
Liverpool invested more than 100 million pounds in signings, and the result was an immediate formation of the strongest team in Europe!
If Manchester United continued to shrink their money, the Red Devils would go down the same path as Arsenal.
Times have changed, and the foundation of competition in the football world has also changed. To achieve long-term success.
Either Manchester United could rise with another batch of talents who could compete with Class 92, or Manchester United had to fork out the money!
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