FA cup, league cup, CL final. Money > Manager tbfh.
I hear Andre Villas Boas is available, worth a punt?It takes a combination of money and a good manager. If we can't compete with City financially, we will need to look at the other option and bring in a top manager. It's not impossible. Dortmund have managed to win the league again. Real had their Galatico period and couldn't win the league for ages.
If you have a great manager and lots of money, you become united, or real, or barca. If you have just a good manager, it's a toss of a coin and a few dodgy ref decisions where you end up and what you get over the long run tbh.