Manuel Pellegrini - why say this now.

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Manuel Pellegrini believes his Manchester City side have overtaken Manchester United as the dominant team in the city.


Although true, why do this to a team not in contention and after recent events? Surely go for the big guns.

Sounds like the mouse that squeaked, until trodden on.

The weaker of the three in the mind games?

And there giving Rooney a £300k per week contract