Stale Solbakken talks trash prior to UEFA Cup game

In an interview with Danish newspaper Ekstra-Bladet, FC Copenhagen manager Stale Solbakken has made his thoughts about Manchester City’s millions very clear. The Norwegian, whose side welcome the Citizens in the UEFA Cup on Thursday, believes their money and nine figure transfer offers are “destroying” the beautiful game:

“The amounts of money that have been mentioned are incredible.

“I think that such incredible sums will take part in destroying football. They are creating too big a mental distance between what we call reality and then Manchester City.

“The hardest part for City is that they, by tradition, are not a big club and therefore all the money in the world does not make a difference. They brought in Bridge even though he is only marginally better than what they had already, and that says how hard it is to get the best players.”

Much like the rest of the world, Solbakken is clearly poking fun at Manchester City’s embarrassing