Manchester United lost to Manchester City, which made it difficult for Manchester United to compete for the fourth place, many people have a question, is the gap between Manchester United and Manchester City so big now? Recently, the English media took stock of the post-Ferguson era, Manchester United and Manchester City data comparison, in the eight seasons after Ferguson's retirement, the investment of both sides, the number of championships won, the number of times they entered the top four were compared, from the comparison, it can be seen that the investment of the two sides is almost the same, so what about the number of honors obtained?
In the post-Ferguson era, Manchester City invested 1.25 billion pounds, while Manchester United invested 1.2 billion pounds, it can be said that in terms of investment, the gap between the two sides is not large. The main investments of the two sides (more than 50 million reinforcements) are Manchester City: 117.5 million euros to sign Gralis, 68 million euros to sign Díaz, 65 million euros to Sign Cancelo, 62.7 million euros to sign Rodri, 67.8 million euros to sign Mahrez, 65 million euros to sign Laporte, 57.5 million euros to sign Mendy, 52.7 million euros to sign Walker, 50 million euros to sign Ederson, 55.6 million euros to Stones, 52 million euros to Sign Sane , 76 million euros to sign De Bruyne, 63.7 million euros to sign Sterling. City bought 13 players with more than 50 million players alone. And Manchester United also has a lot of them, signing Sancho for 85 million euros, B fee for 63 million euros, Maguire for 87 million euros, Pisaka for 55 million euros, Fred for 59 million euros, Lukaku for 84.7 million euros, Pogba for 105 million euros, Martial for 60 million euros, Di Maria for 75 million euros, and 9 manchester United's reinforcements of more than 50 million euros.
In terms of results, Manchester United have won 5 titles since 2013, namely 1 Europa League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup and 2 Community Shields. For Manchester City, they have won 4 Premier League titles, 1 FA Cup, 2 Community Shield titles and 6 League Cup titles, for a total of 13 titles, 8 more than Manchester United. As for the number of times they have reached the top four, Manchester City has entered the top four in the past eight seasons, while Manchester United has only four seasons in the top four.
From the data point of view, Manchester United and Manchester City do not have much gap in terms of investment, but there is still a big gap between the two sides in terms of the number of champions and the performance of the team. At least, City are currently favourites for Premier League champions, while Manchester United have not been the favourites to compete for four this season. This is the biggest gap between the two sides. After reading this data, the Manchester United executives may have to think about what the team's problems are, why is the same investment, the results are so different? Don't say that Manchester United is rebuilding, Manchester City has also undergone a rebuild. I don't know, what do you think is the problem with Manchester United?