There was never owners willing to lose hundreds of millions of pounds just to get their teams a championship.
Man Utd was always the biggest club in terms of size and support but it wasn't able to buy them titles in the 70s and 80s until Ferguson came. The difference in wealth was nowhere near the same.
It's ridiculous that a team like Newcastle will likely be champions within 5 years by doing nothing as a club but having caught the eye of a murderous regime.
I thought City and PSG was sickening enough but this ramps it up another level.