Nuno Espirito Santo believes that clubs like his Nottingham Forest are putting an end to the era of the ‘big six’ in the Premier League.
Forest face Manchester United - a member of that group - at the City Ground on Tuesday night, aiming to boost their bid for Champions League football.
Nuno’s men are also in the FA Cup semi-finals, while United languish 13th in the table and have just Europa League silverware to chase.
While United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham are the wealthiest clubs, they have faced greater competition on the pitch from teams with less resources such as Forest, Brighton, Fulham, Aston Villa and Bournemouth.