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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I would also add that Man U and Chelsea both now have a similar level of financial clout, irregardless of how they got to where they are now. Both teams can afford to pay, and have demonstrated to pay huge wages (if what we read about Ronaldo & Ferdinands new contracts are to be believed), so they are both playing on a level playing field.
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Why is it that Chelsea fans simply never get the point about this?
No-one is denying Chelsea have one of the biggest financial backings in the world. Saying 'we don't like it' because someone is on the same level as United in that respect is pure ignorance.
What us United fans object to is when we (rightly) say Chelsea bought went out and bought success, and their fans say "Well United spent close to £60m on Rio and Rooney" as if it's the same thing!
It's not the same thing!
Our ability to spend that sort of money came from years of hard graft and many years of failure before that. Chelsea's ability to spend money, quite simply, came from a rich Russian throwing money about.
now if that's how a club is going to be run then fair enough, no-one is going to deny that sort of thing works and if a sugar daddy bought United out and spent hundreds of millions then I wouldn't complain.
But, Chelsea fans, please at least acknowledge your teams' rapid rise to success is purely down to Roman and his instant cash injection.