Should Manchester United begin to worry a bit more about their noisy neighbours?
United’s frailties were laid http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the UEFA Champions League final. But the signs of a lacklustre midfield department were already exposed sometime before the final even took place when Manchester
United took on Manchester City at the Wembley stadium in a F.A Cup semi-final. City notched on a win on their domestic rivals and went onto win the F.A Cup. It went unnoticed at the time because Manchester United were obviously interested in bigger and better
things.
The Red Devils were in a tight English Premier League race with Chelsea and Arsenal and they were also looking forward to the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Schalke 04 thus the F.A Cup was elementary at best when it came
to priorities for Manchester United. However one thing that should not be forgotten is that Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson did field a strong line up that day at Wembley and despite having the better of the first half of chances, United never really dominated the match.
City provided to be more incisive in the end and gathered the win.
City’s triumph over their rivals in this cup semi-final was a direct result of their financial investment, investment that has strengthened the club as a whole. In the summer transfer window where Manchester United have moved
quick to secure the signatures of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 2011, the Blue half of Manchester can embark on a transfer trail
leading up to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero’s signature.
It is already a daunting prospect for the Citizens. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Corinthians-c38855 fell through a couple of days ago which means that the Argentinean striker will be at City at least till the January transfer window. A strike
partnership of Aguero and Tevez with Silva, Toure and Barry in the midfield region and Balotelli and Edin Dzeko on the bench is indeed a formidable display of squad strength, something that one can definitely associate with City given their newly found financial
muscle.
Moreover City are now developing into title challengers. If Chelsea do not strengthen this summer than it is more than likely that the English Premier League title will be fought out in Manchester. Last season, Manchester City
finished third and United won the title. But City finished third only because of an inferior goal difference was compared to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 because of the teams were level on points after 38 games in the 2010-2011 season. One other thing that might instil fear into
their opponents is that City aren’t done with the spending yet. They are already in the hunt for Aguero but rumours suggest that the Blues are also keen on signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360.
Mancini’s men have already signed Gael Clichy from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 which is a real sign of intent from the Citizens; not only are they strengthening their own house but they are weakening their opponents as well. Next season, Manchester
City will definitely be challenging for the English Premier League title. They have the squad and now they have the necessary experience as well. The noisy neighbours are becoming a cause for concern after playing as second fiddle to their red rivals for almost
three and a half decades.
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