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Not really. There are an elite group that are ahead of everyone else: city, bayern, Liverpool, Madrid, Barca & PSG. Arguably add in Atletico (probably harsh on atletico for me to have an “arguably”) and Juve (but they’ve both regressed from previous years). This “group” has just been made more competitive by the rebuild of Madrid/Barca and the emergence of Pool/City.
The rest are all fair game without much dominance, but the English counterparts (United, Chelsea etc) are infinitely wealthier than the other clubs in the next category.
If United & Chelsea get their spending right and their managers progress to the next level, they could well join that first group. But it could easily not happen as spending doesn’t equate to progress.
Edit: @MadMike correction PSG probably shouldn’t be named in the elite as they’ve achieved nothing of note. I’ve just always seen them as one of the favorites, even though they always seem to choke, without fail.
The rest are all fair game without much dominance, but the English counterparts (United, Chelsea etc) are infinitely wealthier than the other clubs in the next category.
If United & Chelsea get their spending right and their managers progress to the next level, they could well join that first group. But it could easily not happen as spending doesn’t equate to progress.
Edit: @MadMike correction PSG probably shouldn’t be named in the elite as they’ve achieved nothing of note. I’ve just always seen them as one of the favorites, even though they always seem to choke, without fail.
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