Ferguson focus on City as Manchester derby nears

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MANCHESTER (AFP) – Sir Alex Ferguson insisted on Tuesday that Manchester City's huge transfer spending does not make silverware an inevitability.

Ferguson takes his United side across town to Eastlands on Wednesday night for one of the most-anticipated derbies in decades.

The rivalry between the two clubs has reached new levels since the Abu Dhabi United Group took over at City in September 2008.

Since then, under Mark Hughes and Roberto Mancini, City have spent significantly in almost every transfer window to overhaul their squad at huge cost.

Their most controversial signing was taking Carlos Tevez from United in the summer of 2009 and there were also linked with a move for Wayne Rooney during the England forward's contract dispute.

But City were defeated in both Premier League derbies last season as well as losing out in the League Cup semi finals.

Mancini spent in the region of 130 million pounds to sign half a dozen players in the summer but Ferguson is adamant that will not necessarily translate to silverware like it did for Blackburn, who won the Premier League on the back of Jack Walker's spending in the mid-1990s.
 
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