I genuinely dont know what people dont understand. It hurts my brain sometimes.
We have just signed three footballers at a net outlay of about £110m. Their combined wages must be nearly £1m per week. Yet still people talk about making MORE signings and come up with conspiracy theories about why we haven't signed more players.
You realise Liverpool spent virtually nothing net? You realise Chelsea made a profit? I get fed up of explaining basic principles of finance to people. I created an entire thread where I demonstrated that the club spends virtually every spare penny it has on transfers. You can see this yourself. It's in the accounts that are published every season.
Thing is, you wouldn't be happy if we did sign a CM. Then it would be "we desperately need a GK" or "we desperately need Haaland".
I've got some news for you. Utd won't be winning the title this year. I absolutely, 100% guarantee it. Get used to that idea. We wouldn't win it if we signed Saul, we wouldn't win it if we signed Neves. So what exactly is the point in spending £50m/£60m on players who barely improve us? That just means we have £60m less next year.
Ole and the recruitment team have done an outstanding job of taking a horribly poor and unbalanced squad and turning it into a side capable of challenging. Give the backroom team some credit and some room to manouvere and to finish the rebuild in the calm and considered way they have started it
You don't have a monopoly on financial literacy so turn down the condescending tone. How much deadweight is United carrying in terms of wages? Our recent €50m signing is crying out for game time, why not sell him and reinvest in a DM? We have four goalkeepers in the squad. West Ham offered us around £15m for Jesse who we stand to lose for free.
All those are examples of basic housekeeping not being done at United which is bleeding the club millions. Leeds wanted James for over two seasons, we knew we had a ready buyer but blocked his move until Ronaldo came in even when it was clear we weren't going to use him much or we could do without him and simply give his minutes to Elanga.
So all in all we could have got around £60m - £70m James, Lingard and DVB. A figure enough to pick up a DM, in France plus pay for Ronaldo - whose hype and performances will pay for him.
When you sign a 36 year old Ronaldo 72 hours before transfer deadline day there is no more calm and considered. A player of his stature, in addition to Varane, Pogba, Bruno and De Gea, is one you bring to win and win now. After signing Ronaldo there is no more calm and considered you have to push for titles and I believe that despite the good work we have done we really sold ourselves short by not bringing in a midfield upgrade.
Liverpool not buying anyone of note is of no consequence to us because in spite of that they still have a good side plus it is City and Chelsea that we have to worry about. Chelsea, in particular, have a steeliness about them and in Lukaku they have a proven goalscorer. I believe that if we had brought in Tchouameni or some upcoming DM from Ligue 1 we would have got that balance right that brought us that solidity that can win titles. This is where I blame Ole in that he isn't flexible with his targets and I don't believe that whoever he is waiting for to become available is worth sacrificing a whole season over.