Sir Bobby Charlton: "Mansour talade mer om United"
Sir Bobby träffade sheikh Mansour innan han förvandlade det ljusblåa laget till världens rikaste klubb, och då var han främst intresserad av United, inte City.
Oliver Brown från The Telegraph intervjuade Unitedlegenden Sir Bobby Charlton nyligen, och sittandes i lobbyn i Abu Dhabi-hotellet ställde han den första frågan om hur det är att vara i Citys spirituella hem. Charlton ger direkt svar på tal: “This is not the home of Manchester City"
“I once had the pleasure of speaking with one of the sheikhs, because I had to bring back the trophy after we won the Club World Cup in 2008. City were playing the Emirates national team here. I was sitting next to the man who bought City, and I was certain he talked to me more about United.”
Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan har spenderat mer än £1 miljard på Manchester City, men Sir Bobby gillar inte lagets snabba väg till toppen.
"No. But I imagine you journalists would. You think, ‘We must encourage City to come on now, they have put a lot of money into the game’. We have a different approach to it.”
Han anser också att det skulle vara en större bedrift av United att vinna ligan nu när man själv är väldigt sparsamma, medan andra lag spenderar miljoner på nyförvärv.
“I would say so, yes. When a club spends a lot of money quickly, it takes time for the team to settle down. The interest is in winning the big prizes, and the main prize is the Premier League. But it can still be won by a team producing its own young players and bringing them through. I feel you get a bit of an affiliation with a club when this is taking place, instead of by putting huge money in. That’s what happens at United.”
Avslutningsvis kommentarar han morgondagens match.
“Come hell or high water, when you have Manchester United coming, you look forward to it. You get a feeling, ‘This is the most important day of my life’.”
Källa: telegraph.co.uk
