Are City now a bigger club than United?

rascal · February 17, 2014

Pellegrini getting a lot of flak for saying they are, but In my opinion they actually are. Just look at the squads. Look at who will be fighting for the title and European Cups for the next couple of years. Look who will be lucky to be playing Thursday nights on ITV 4 next season.

ijjysmith · February 17, 2014

Not yet.

But I think will be.

dead_soft · February 17, 2014

The whole bigger club thing doesn't really matter to players/managers etc. Do they have more money, better players, a better chance of getting the top talent, a higher chance of success? Yes they do.

Brennan · February 17, 2014

No chance.

City are big, but United have been the biggest team in the world in terms of fans because they have built up their support over two decades of success.

If City carry on the way they are going then clearly they'll overtake them at some point, but they're nowhere near it now.

AdamEFC · February 17, 2014

Not a chance, United are a much bigger brand than City globally. They might have a better team but they aren't a bigger club.

BlueLlama · February 17, 2014

Takes more than a season to turn something like that round. Obviously they are currently a better team.

TX Bill · February 17, 2014

Give City 10 years and then maybe, just maybe.

cooperman · February 17, 2014

A long way to go before you can say that..

History, fanbase, honours etc.

toffeejack · February 17, 2014

not even close.

having a better team for one season does not make you bigger than a team who has dominated over 3 decades. united are one of the top 3? biggest teams in the world.

will city even sell out their expanded stadium?

Mikey_Fitzgerald · February 17, 2014

They'll need 5 years of sustained success while United have an equal five years of failure to even get close

toffee matt · February 17, 2014

Pelligrini just says this so the deluded city fans get on his side.

Having lived in Manchester (I've been decontaminated !), there's definitely more united fans than city fans. The city fan's have massive chips on their shoulders