Pep Guardiola makes Liverpool and Man Utd comparison when asked about Man City spending

Pep Guardiola has been put under the spotlight in recent days.

Fresh from turning heads with his accusation that everyone supports Liverpool over the weekend, the Manchester City boss is clearly getting the impression that everyone is against their club.

And one of the biggest reasons that City’s detractors turn their nose up at any success they might enjoy is because of the circumstances in which they’ve been able to achieve it.

The Citizens were catapulted from mid-table Premier League finishes to the joint-second-most titles in the competition’s history on the back of Sheikh Mansour’s takeover in 2008.

As such, there are more than a few supporters, as well as key figures in the game, who pooh-pooh City’s triumphs in light of the fact that it’s been built upon such extravagant transfer spending.

And that entire narrative was always going to be dredged up again when City completed a game-changing move for Erling Haaland this week, albeit for a relatively cheap transfer fee in the grand scheme of things.

Nevertheless, regardless of whether Haaland was arriving for €60 million or €600 million, there was a sense of inevitability that came with Guardiola once again having to discuss the whole money angle.

It is, after all, an important debate at the heart of which is the very question of how the beautiful game should be run.

But the City coach was quick to compare the spending of his current club to the great Liverpool teams of the 1970s and 1980s as well as Sir Alex Ferguson’s legendary Manchester United sides.

In other words, Guardiola gave the impression that he didn’t believe what City are doing is any different to what has been done previously, just in different eras and financial climates.

According to the Manchester