Its important to factor in when he said it and not count the 7 years since. Otherwise it may seem like you have an agenda to the untrained eye.
The only agenda here was Rooneys, but a lot of 'untrained eyes' seem to have missed that. I didnt hear him moaning about ambition the season we signed Fellaini, might have something to do with the bumper 5 year contract that wally Moyes handed him around the same time?
Rooney has been proved wrong ever since, he accused the club of lacking ambition but the club went out and spent ludicrous amounts of money and tried to hire the best managers available in Pep (botched interview attempt by Ferguson) and Klopp (botched interview attempt by Ed) so we ended up hiring two other world class managers in LVG and Jose. I dont think there is any need for me to starting listing the amounts we spent on various players since.
The idea that we lack ambition is nonsense and there is no evidence to support it. The money was there to spend when he said it, it's just that Fergie chose not to. Same way it was there for Moyes who also chose not to spend it.
Liverpool haven't spent much this summer or last but doesnt mean they are lacking ambition.
I'm so tired of this nonsense. We are shit, cos we have bought shit players for far too long. It's no more complicated that that really.