A slightly odd feeling as Manchester City splash another £25m on Carlos Tevez, a great buy as he is a real footballer, combining top class skill with the right attitude but it reinforces the barely credible position that we are now the financial powerhouse in the Premier League.
Zabaleta, SWP, Santa Cruz, De Jong, Kompany, Bridge, Given, Tevez, possibly Adebayor and goodness knows who else before the window slams shut in August.....compare this to not very long ago when we were in the old third division playing(and losing twice to) Wycombe Wanderers, with stars like Big Bob Taylor, God Bless Him!.
The debate over City and the new money is futile, it is what it is, our owners are the owners and they can if they so desire have a multi million pound star in every position.
Will we City fans for whom the phrase long suffering was coined, be comfortable as the new Chelski, who sooner or later everyone will resent as we (hopefully)start winning things and delivering against the current owners business vision and a few hundred thousand people's dreams?
How will we cope emotionally with the rich boys label? Will winning things make the spend irrelevant, especially if we do so in a cavalier style? or will we be a tad embarrassed a la Blackburn Rovers at buying success.
Being a City fan for 40+ years has presented many challenges.....let's see how this phase of being a Blue plays out....Interesting times.
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