Pep Pokes Fun at Rival Clubs’ Transfer Splurge…

Pep Guardiola had his jokers’ hat on as he jabbed at Premier League rivals – particularly Liverpool – while talking about the colossal spending spree this summer. With an eye-popping £2.37bn burned by top-flight English clubs, it’s almost like they all thought they were contestants on a bizarre game show called ‘Millionaire Mania’! Guardiola, now a relaxed Zen master of finance, has steered City towards book-keeping sanity, unlike less prudent spenders Manchester United and Arsenal, whom you might suspect to be shopping blindfolded in million-dollar malls.

In the fiscal tug-of-war, it’s Liverpool that has splurged the most cash, teetering at the top with a €340M fireworks display, but fear not – thanks to their trading wizardry in the high sales of players like Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, they’re just a hiccup ahead of City in net spend. Meanwhile, Guardiola’s gathered the world to witness that playing ‘Moneyball’ doesn’t need to be like burning cash in a bonfire – unless, of course, you’re Manchester United, whose spending habits mirror an attempt to buy the moon with a pocketful of nickels!