By James Thompson
Published on 2024-01-13 06:30:00
Former Man City manager Stuart Pearce has revealed why the club had to sell Shaun Wright-Phillips to Chelsea back in 2005.
After spending nine years at the Manchester club, Wright-Phillips was sold to Chelsea in the 2005 summer transfer window for a fee of £21m.
The wide forward spent three years at Stamford Bridge before making a return to the Manchester club for £9m.
Now though, the manager who had to deal with this departure at the time has now shed some light on what the behind-the-scenes issues were concerning this particular transfer deal.
Pearce says City had to sell Wright-Phillips to keep the club running
Speaking on talkSPORT, Pearce had this to say about the situation that led to City…
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