Manchester City real threat to top four - Rafa Benitez
Sep 5 2008
by Ian Doyle, Liverpool Daily Post
RAFAEL BENITEZ believes Manchester City now pose a major threat to Liverpool’s top-four aspirations.
And the Anfield manager accepts the grand designs of City’s new investors could make his quest to end Liverpool’s long wait for the championship even more difficult.
Benitez reckons the capture of Robinho for a British record transfer fee of £32.5million may have set in motion a chain of events that will threaten the accepted ‘big four’ of Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
“You cannot just win the title by spending money but Chelsea won for two years spending big, big money. Afterwards Manchester United won spending lots of money too,” said the Spaniard.
“If we are talking about spending money then maybe Manchester City will win the title this year.
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