Soriano: “That we invest a lot of money so we don’t win”

Ferran SorianoCEO of City of Manchestersaid it was “untrue” that his club won because it was spending “a lot of money” because “there are teams in England that always invest”.

“The numbers are very easy. You have to look at the investment of players in England in recent years and we are not the first. There are always clubs in England that invest more than us. The thing is that we invest a lot of money and that’s why we won, it’s not true,” he said in Movistar +.

Second final in three years

He city He achieved a qualification for the finals of the Champions League on Wednesday, the second in three years, which he contemplated. “It’s quite symbolic. Our day job is the Premier, which is very difficult to win. If we win this year, it will be three in a row and five in six years. You can’t base your whole strategy on winning the Champions League, but it won, when we win one day, it’s a symbolic thing that we want to do,” he said. Soriano.

“We have been here for 11 years. This is a long-term job. The club and the team have the maturity to try to compete in the Champions League. This is what we want to do. One year we win and others we don’t, but we are at the point of maturity that we can compete”, added the ‘skyblue’ leader.

“The differences are small between the big clubs and for us the satisfaction is that we have done a good job these ten years”, he stressed. Soriano.

“It was wonderful what happened today”

In addition, he highlighted the level of his team after the 4-0 win real Madrid. “I don’t know if it’s an exhibition, but we played with a lot of character and intensity. Today it went very well for us,” he said.

“This is a great team. They played very well in Madrid and the quality, mentality and intensity of the players make them difficult to beat,” concluded the Catalan.