Dwight Yorke has told his former Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville, as well as Jamie Carragher, to âgrow upâ in regards to their recent MNF debate about how Manchester Cityâs treble-chasing side compares to Unitedâs 1999 vintage.
Combined XIs tend to spark debate but are often just needless content, given it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to compare teams from different generations.
Yorke seems to be in this camp and doesnât feel there is a need for a debate as City have yet to win the treble, with two finals ahead of them, one of them being against United in the FA Cup final next weekend.
The 51-year-old let his views be known when speaking to Mirror Football on behalf of aceodds, saying âWell, to be quite honest, people go on about this debate thatâs continuing to unravel. Why are we talking about it? They havenât even done the treble. Until they really have, then there is no debate.
âYou know, there is a high possibility, I suppose, that they can do the treble. But thatâs great. If they do, they will be joining an elite group of players. You know, no other British team has done that. Itâs not like theyâre going to try and eclipse what we have done. And so I just donât get it.
âUntil they have done that, then let the debate start. Youâre arguing something that has not happened yet. And until theyâve done that, then I just really think itâs an invaluable sort of debate.
âWhat if they were to lose one out of the next two cup competition that they enter into? So that debate will never exist. So come on, guys, just tell them to grow up both of them. You know, theyâre going on about stuff that I donât feel that is really needs debating just now, in my opinion.â
Expect further debates to be thrown around social media if and when City do equal Unitedâs achievement, although many will be quick to rightly point out United didnât need to potentially breach a bundle of financial regulations and rules in their quest for greatness.