27 Aug 2015 18:25:33
Sorry about the copy-paste. But didn't understand this. Could anyone please explain what's being given here


Manchester City have made an audacious £100m bid for Manchester United's Champions League group, claiming those fixtures are all it requires to reach the knockout stages of this year's competition.

The move comes after City were drawn with Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia Monchengladbach, a difficult situation which the club are keen to throw some more money at.

Man City owner Sheikh Mansour said, "We see United's fixtures against PSV and Wolfsburg to be just what this club needs to take it to the next level, and we're willing to back the manager to make that a reality."

"We will not be held to ransom, but if our manager wants it, we will open our chequebook and start writing a number with lots of zeros."

Man City Champions League draw

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini spoke of his excitement at possibly securing Manchester United's group.

Pellegrini told reporters, "Obviously Manchester United has a highly desirable fixture list, and maybe it is not right for me to talk about another club's fixtures, but we would like these games at the City of Manchester stadium, for sure."

However Manchester United are set to reject any approach.

A United spokesperson told us, "We've worked hard on UEFA for twenty years now to ensure we get an easy group year on year, and we have no intention of selling that - no matter what price they offer." 20 years to get an easy group every year.

Didn't quite understand what all this means. Is it all about the money. Is it not a fair draw? Can these guys buy a group? Or is it just some nonsense again?

1.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 19:19:35
Did you get this from the VIZ comic?
Surely not how it works, if so then I'm disgusted with it.

2.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 19:26:06
I'm actually not sure if you're serious or not

3.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 19:54:17
F#@k!ng brilliant Shan I almost p!$$3D myself at that 😂😂😂

4.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 19:55:56
whoosh, straight over your heads.

5.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 20:12:19
😂😂😂 lads it's obvious it's a piss take

6.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 20:13:40
I wish you could pick up sarcasm easier on the Internet. So I won't bite and lay into the OP.

7.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 20:16:05
No its right, shocking but true.

8.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 19:45:30
My mistake. Should have read it properly the first time. It says NEWSTHUMP(satire).

9.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 20:34:16
The only place I can find this is on a spoof news site so I am taking this as a joke and giving you the benefit of the doubt for not being that dumb, mate.

10.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 21:23:34
They'll face FFP sanctions for it, but yeah it's worth 2 sterlings.

11.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 21:24:34
Haha it's almost possibly believable until you hear a United 'spokesman' say United have worked hard on UEFA every year lol!

12.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 22:14:45
What has this site come to? You genuinely thought they could buy a group? Oh my.

13.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 22:37:56
Is it really just coincidents that every year we pull the easiest groups, while our blue rival gets "the group of death"? Fergie still lurkin in the backround?

14.) 28 Aug 2015
28 Aug 2015 09:48:03
I assume this is a massive pisstake from Shan UTD. Assume.

If it isn't then deary me. Really? are people this stupid?