Michel Salgado: Manchester City are no match for Real Madrid

The Spaniard believes Roberto Mancini's men may be the most financially powerful club in the world but they cannot compete with Los Blancos when it comes to history

Former Real Madrid right-back Michel Salgado believes big spending Manchester City will never be able to match up to the Spanish giants.
Salgado spent 10 years with Madrid in a glittering career, during which he won La Liga four times and the Champions League twice.

His spell in the Spanish capital will be remembered for the ‘Galactico’ policy of Florentino Perez, who signed players such as Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane for record-breaking fees.

Now at Blackburn, Salgado has seen City spend similar amounts of money, most recently for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero.

But like former Madrid team-mate David Beckham, who said City could not match up to Manchester United, the 35-year-old believes the Citizens can not compare themselves to Los Blancos due to their lack of history.

"They [City] now need to win trophies as quickly as possible," he told reporters.

"They have got the money but the history of Real Madrid is different.

"Expectations in Madrid are different, because they have such a great past. They have been the best team in the world in the last century.

"If you ask a player to sign for Real Madrid or Manchester City, it is a different question.

"If you sign for Real Madrid, you sign for perhaps the best club in the world in terms of history. Manchester City is the most powerful club in terms of money.

"But I would like to be in their situation to have the money to try to be in the mix among the top teams in Europe!"

Salgado had already left Madrid before the arrival of Jose Mourinho last year, but the Spanish international is backing the Portuguese manager to eclipse Barcelona and regain the league title from their Catalan rivals.

"It is the second season for Mourinho. They won the Copa del Rey last season. It is going to be an exciting season for them - Mourinho is trying to build a new team, he is trying to transform them,” he added.

"But Barcelona are such an amazing team. Mourinho can make them successful again -they can win the league." 


Source: goal.com