Why Man City could be good for nearly men like Everton...

The Sheikhs may have bowled into Man City's lives turning them into the richest club in the universe, but this could be good for all the nearly men too. Although Man City's declared desire is to gatecrash the Big Four this season, not even a Trillionaire can change the transfer window, which slammed shut before they could really get stuck into any orgies of spending.

The ensuing worried gulp from the Big Four is to be expected, but I'm not sure if the groans from the cheap seats are warranted. If Manchester city do upset the applecart, the thinking is that one of the big four will tumble down from the Champions League top table into 5th place thus shunting teams like Everton even further down the pecking order.

I'm not sure this is necessarily going to be the case, the gluttonous Big Four are designed - in every way - to suck in the refined air at the Premier League's summit, once one of these teams falls into the congested smog of the PL's second tier, they may find themselves unused and unprepared for the pugnacious elbows and clenched fists of their new roommates.

If they stay there for more than one season, deprived of their umbilical Champions League cash point, then they could be in real trouble. Propelling invaders is very different from actually being one. Why is the assumption that one of the fallen big four idols would instantly set up home in fifth place? A team on the up is likely to slowly drag itself higher - but controlling one's descent is a much harder thing to do.

Arsene Wenger is sticking more and more to his principles than ever before (perhaps assisted by the fact that his transfer wings have been clipped) and Benitez and his Americans are in a state of flux too, even Man Utd have borrowed themselves well into the next century, if any of these three slip out of the filthy rich elite total chaos could ensue.

Much has been written about the fact that managers these days cannot be trusted with huge amounts of cash, but can the owners be trusted with making footballing decisions? The buck now stops with the Sheikhs at the Eastlands, and they will need a pliant yes man in the managerial role -- will Mark Hughes be able to handle this?

People think that there is a glass ceiling for non-big four clubs, but Everton breached that before under Moyes, with a very thin squad, and could do again. Amidst the chaos of a Big Four reshuffle and Man City's entrance, who's to say other teams couldn't scurry into contention?

Man City were taken over so close to the end the summer's transfer window that no proper planning has been made. This means that they will have to hobble on with their middle class visage and rich man's wallet until January, but even if a carousel of glimmering signings do waddle in come the new year, their presence - in the short term at least - is likely to cause more issues than they solve. A horde of Galacticos at the Eastlands chewing over their wages with bovine indifference might be hard to motivate, and when (because with that much money it is a certainty) they do supplant one of the big sides, it could spell the end of this cartel sitting atop the Premier League.

Everton are the Premier League's Everyman, a side that has endured relegation scares and Champions League qualification, who has had Wayne Rooney and Brett Angell on their Premier League books - who better to spoil this filthy rich love-in?

Comments

[Arul]

Do Man City really think they can lure players like messi, fabregas and torres with just money? Come on, these guys are true professionals, especially messi, whole will never leave Barca because of the gratitude he has for them.