Someone get a violin out, poor Real Madrid can't buy a Ronaldo or a Bale every year.
How on earth were a club like City ever going to challenge someone like Madrid without substantial outside investment? It's quite amusing to witness the likes of Madrid throw their toys out of the pram now they have to see what it's like when another club can afford to offer ridiculous sums of money.
I also keep seeing this second point getting made, but how true is it? Monaco won the French title last season and PSG are yet to reach a CL final, while City have won the league twice since the takeover and only once given a decent account of ourselves in Europe. Money does not guarantee success, and it's not like Madrid, United (who have a higher net spend than City this summer, I might add), and Barcelona still can't compete in the market. You know, City wanted Mbappe this summer, but got blown away by both the transfer fee and wages PSG were willing to offer (that's not to say Mbappe did not prefer a move to Paris anyway). Do I give a feck? No, that's football, that's business, and if PSG can afford to pay that and it's within the rules, then good luck to them.
I do, however, believe that a fairer system should be introduced to football, but it would never be accepted by the top clubs, and that includes the likes of City and PSG as well as Madrid and United.