We won't be bullied into big spending by Man City, says Fergie
Published 23:00 28/07/10 By David McDonnell in Houston
Alex Ferguson says Manchester United won't be bullied into emulating the big-spending of local rivals Manchester City.
While City have overtaken United as the richest club in the world, with their unique spending power and ability to pay exorbitant fees and wages, Fergie claimed he would not going down the same route and said he has faith in his current squad.
“I think it affects a supporter’s mentality and how he handles that,” said Fergie. “The enormous amounts of money they’re paid, not just for the transfer fees but for their salaries, I don’t think it rests easy with supporters.
“We’re in such a competitive world now that you’re hamstrung in relation to the borders people will stretch to get the best players.
“Over the years we’ve bought players for quite high amounts like Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Juan Sebastian Veron. We try to equate how we’re going to get proper value before we do it.
“We take quite a good view of it now and look at our own young players. Have they got the ability? How much can we trust them? Do we see a top player in that young player?
“When I see some of the values now, and you’re talking about players at £40m or £30m, we have to assess our own players first.
“And we’re not bad, you know. There are some good young players who have come through the system. They understand the club, they’re loyal to the club, and we can build through that.”
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