City Football Group isn't dissing Red Bull; they scarcely acknowledge that Red Bull even exists.
When Juventus ironman Alessandro Del Piero famously snubbed the likes of Liverpool to sign for Sydney FC of Australia's tenderfoot A-League in 2012, the reverberations across world football were very, very real. It was, far and away, the biggest and most consequential signing in the league's brief history.
Until this week, of course, when this happened:
Folks, Tim Cahill is Australian. He's transferring to an Australian club for a record sum. He's also one of the biggest stars ever to suit up for the New York Red Bulls.