You have spent a fortune as well, it's just that
Our purchases have been poor.
I said 'mostly'. Please go through the list below and tell me how awful it is then. I would only say Bravo, Danilo and Nolito majorly flopped. The rest of the players are either starters there or we would take in a heartbeat (Sane/Mahrez fr example)
I thought we made a profit of a couple of million last season
I mean, Danilo still costs that much. His value in transfer isn't reduced just because Danilo went the other way. Danilo's value+cash = 58.50m and it's the most spent on an FB.
-33.3mil - Danilo to Juve
Bollox do they
A quick look about and apparently Arsenal and Villa spent more.
I feel like the CL lately has been overhyped to the extent that domestic success is being completely disregarded.
Yeah which is stupid given as great as the CL is it’s still a cup competition.
Valid points. Although we have spent less. Also not broken FFP in the process.
Sorry for the delay, i have a limited daily post allowance.
Agree.
That's a bit misleading given United have regularly smashed the British record transfer fee over the last 25+ years, eg Keane, Cole, Rio, Rooney etc...long before Maguire.
The CL is a glorified cup competition set to classical music before every game
Villa spent £40m more, it's not even debatable
Exactly. But you won't hear a peep from them. The amount of times we lost to teams when we were favourites...
This is just embarrassing for us tbh. 80 million and the difference is night and day...
That's true.
Yep.
Won’t work. Ed thinks he knows better than any top manager in his self-imposed DoF position.
Can you provide a link to a reputable website where this quite was reported?Pep 24/3/2009
“Modern football sometimes makes me sad. Nowadays there can be more focus on big name signings rather than promoting youth and that makes me sad.
I have grown up with the Barcelona method and I hope to stay true to it for the whole of my career”
That’s a man of principals there
Red herring. Total spend is the issue. Not individual transfer amounts for one player.
Our spending is close to insane.
Getting awkward in here after those figures...
It's not as if our spending is something positive to be compared to. We've had four different managers in that time span, each with a different idea, hence why we had to invest heavily into players the respective manager needed for his tactical ideas. City spent all that money supporting the ideas of two different managers. Plus, when Guardiola took over, they already had plenty of players available he could use well.
Kompany? He's barely been relevant to them in the last few years, his injuries are why they've been spending an absolute fortune on their defense.
That's also a red herring tbh, given how often we've spent vast sums on one player. As others have said above, United fans are on exceedingly thin ice slagging off City or whoever's spending. They are also obviously far less wasteful with their cash than we are, which is annoying.
