7dJulien Laurens
Champions League finalists Chelsea, Man City have ruled English football for a decade. Here's why that will continue
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Steve Nicol wonders where Chelsea's spark will come from vs. Manchester City in the Champions League final. (1:08)
The Champions League final proves, in a sense, that money buys success. Chelsea vs. Manchester City is the team bankrolled by a Russian oligarch against the club that has been transformed by the financial might of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. They are two clubs that have gone from being also-rans to the superpowers of English football in less than 20 years.