Nottingham Forest manager Stuart Pearce says he saved Manchester City from going bust.
Pearce says City were on the brink of bankruptcy during his time as their manager, and only the £21m sale of Shaun Wright-Phillips to Chelsea in 2005 saved them from going under.
"The club had sold the club shop, sold the ground to council, we were paying on the never and never for the Anelkas of this world," he said.
"It really was a case that the owners said, 'Unless Wright-Phillips goes, we go.' On the Monday morning they pressed the button and Chelsea put £21million in the bank which bails the club out [but] which puts pressure on me because you are selling your goal-scorer.
"The club has gone from strength to strength and now they are a world power and spending £150m on a training complex. Times change."
