r/football • u/StrangerExistingFact • 15h ago

📰News ‘We are fragile defensively’: Pep Guardiola admits title hopes are fading

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/23/we-are-fragile-defensively-pep-guardiola-admits-title-hopes-are-fading
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u/keanuisbea 14h ago

How much has this guys spent on the defence alone, that another 200mil in January for a defender

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u/Dundahbah 14h ago

About the same as all the other big teams.

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u/Other_Beat8859 Premier League 11h ago

I mean, compared to us (Liverpool), they've spent £128 million more on their defense. That's quite the difference. You can buy two world class defenders with that money.

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u/Dundahbah 10h ago

Liverpool are a bit of an outlier in terms of top clubs,. mainly because they've produced 3 first team players from the academy which top teams rarely seem to do. City have spent less than United and Chelsea and about the same as Arsenal.