Manchester United chief executive David Gill has
rubbished Rafa Benitez's claims that they have bought their way to
the league title.
The Red Devils equalled Liverpool's record of 18
championships with a point in Saturday's clash with
Arsenal.
Benitez's reaction has been to suggest
United have an unfair advantage over the opposition because of
their muscle in the transfer market.
"For them, spending £20 million or even £30 million on
players to come off the bench and influence matches," asserted the
Liverpool boss. "It is easier than for the rest of us.
"But we are working hard to catch up with them and hopefully to
overhaul them."
Gill insists that is not the case and feels the commercial
success of the Champions League finalists is behind their
ability buy the best talent.
"It's a nonsense," said Gill.
"The analysis that was done shows that we are broadly in line
with them over the last few years in terms of net spend on
players.
"There are a lot of factors in it.
"We have great players and a great manager, but we have a great
off-the-field team as well.
"We have a fantastic stadium that holds 76,000, which gives
us a competitive advantage.
"Our commercial team are doing fantastic deals that we put back
into the club, so we have many advantages through our current
structure, which I think keeps us apart."
