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The Pep myth


Who will everybody copy now?

It's easy to be a good coach when you can spend a hundred million quid to solve a problem.
 
Ruleigan said:
Who will everybody copy now?

It's easy to be a good coach when you can spend a hundred million quid to solve a problem.
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His net spend in the last 10 years is a LOT less than you'd think mate.

And a lot less than a lot of others (Man U / Chelsea are obvious candidates there but I wouldn't mind a bet there are others)
contrarian said:
Interesting comparison re ‘furore’ re Pep buying titles
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Literally here in Man U's case.

in ten years, their net spend is, what, a bit more than double ours in season 1

EDIT: From Feb 2026, but telling.

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Ruleigan said:
Who will everybody copy now?

It's easy to be a good coach when you can spend a hundred million quid to solve a problem.
Click to expand...
Don't think that is necessarily true to be honest - in the 10 years since he took over, Man United have comfortably outspent them, the difference between City, Arsenal and Chelsea is negligible and Liverpool and Spurs aren't a million miles off.

Arsenal have gone under the radar but Arteta has spent a shitload.

The issue I have with the money argument is that yes, they've spent a lot, but their spending power is comparable with the rest of the big 6, whereas during the 90s and early 00s Man United completely blew everyone else out the water until Chelsea did the same when Abramovic took over. Nobody could compete with them financially then whereas 5 other clubs can nowadays.

I think what set Pep apart from the rest is the way they've continually been up there amongst the top. Liverpool pushed them all the way when they came 2nd with 97 points then won the league but then fell apart the year after, with Klopp citing exhaustion when he resigned. Arsenal pushed them all the way for a couple of years but bottled the title in the second half of the season for two years in a row then had a poor season last year. City have had the odd poor season but to win 4 in a row and 6, possibly 7 out of 10 when everyone else fell apart when trying to retain it is impressive.
 
I wonder if his departure is related to the charges? It could be:

1. He knows what punishment is coming and that Man C wouldn't be able to compete

2. The FA were too scared to hand-out punishment whilst he was committed to the club because they didn't want to be seen to be the ones who forced him out by clobbering it
 
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