Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel says that despite recent struggles in terms of results, his former club will always lead their neighbours in terms of popularity.
Schmeichel played a key role in the successes of the Red Devils under the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson, but did enjoy a brief stint with the Sky Blues in the latter stages of his career.
“There’s no doubt, nobody can argue that Manchester United is not the biggest club in the world. It is,” the 52-year-old told Omnisport.
“It’s the club with the most fans, supporters and there are numbers out there which are official numbers so you can’t argue that.
“But is it the best club in the world? It hasn’t been for three years; it hasn’t been even anywhere near the best club in England. Manchester City have been there or thereabouts.
“This is something you learn as soon as you walk through the doors at Old Trafford that you’re never better than your last performance. You always have to improve on your last performance.
“When you look at the last three years it has been very, very poor. Seventh, fourth and fifth – that’s not Manchester United. But Manchester City has been there or thereabouts so you can argue that they are the bigger club in Manchester at the moment in terms of results.
“But in terms of popularity they’ve got no chance of being anywhere near the biggest in the world.”
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