{"id":1089585,"date":"2019-05-18T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T19:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1089585"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:37:05","slug":"chelsea-shaun-wright-phillips-man-city-stuart-pearce","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-shaun-wright-phillips-man-city-stuart-pearce\/","title":{"rendered":"How Chelsea\u2019s \u00a321m signing in 2005 kept Man City in business, according to Stuart Pearce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuart Pearce has hinted that Chelsea’s \u00a321m signing of Shaun Wright-Phillips in 2005 kept Manchester City in business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

City crushed Watford 6-0 in Saturday’s FA Cup final to complete a first-ever domestic treble in the men’s game in England.<\/p>\n

How did Chelsea save Man City? Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. City won the FA Cup on Saturday to complete a domestic treble.<\/li>\n
  2. This was City’s fifth major honour in the past two seasons and their tenth since 2011.<\/li>\n
  3. But prior to Sheikh Mansou<\/span><\/span>r’s investment in the club, City hadn’t won a trophy since the 1976 League Cup.<\/li>\n
  4. The club often struggled financially and even dropped into the English third tier in 1998.<\/li>\n
  5. Former boss Stuart Pearce has revealed he had no choice but to sell Shaun Wright-Phillips to Chelsea in 2005, with the \u00a321m fee needed to keep the club afloat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Saturday’s triumph is also Pep Guardiola’s fifth major honour in three years since taking over at the Etihad, while the club itself has won 10 major trophies in the past eight years.<\/p>\n

    But it wasn’t always so easy to support City, with the club sinking as low as the English third tier and struggling financially during the decades leading to this golden spell.<\/p>\n

    And Pearce, who managed City between March 2005 and May 2007, has revealed how his hands were tied when Chelsea made a \u00a321m offer for then-star man Wright-Phillips.<\/p>\n