This is not an unreasonable view. But in the midst of this climate, us needing to dip into cash reserves to keep the business operating, service debts etc., what needs to be noted is that the Glazers still took dividends of 23m. Whilst you can say as majority they have the right to do it, but if they are spewing spin about suffering loss per covid and needing to be financially prudent. There is no good argument at least optically to take a chunk out and pocket as dividend. You are saying that 23m wouldn’t have made a difference in the Sancho chase where by a lot of reports we made a bid of 90m + add-ons? When the asking price was about 120m?
Realistically I don't think the glazers should have taken the size of dividend they did, but even if they didn't that doesn't mean we should have gone out and broke transfer records.
We are only a few months into this pandemic, and we have already lost 10's of million and there is no sign of it easing, it's looking very doubtful any fans will be in stadiums at any point this season, and there is no guarantee that there will be next season. Plus it's not just the fans, all income streams are likely to take a hit. merch sales, sponsorship deals are all likely to be down as the would economy feels the hit of the pandemic. It's hard to even speculate how much money premier league clubs are going to lose, but likely to be in the 100's of millions.
The insanity that some elements of fans and media are basically losing their minds that united didn't agree to spend more money then any premier league club has ever spent on a player, is just mind-boggling. Personly think what we did spend may have been over the top, 40 million for VDB to sit on the bench, 10 million in agent fees for 1 season of an ageing Cavani Utterly reckless.
Many premier league clubs are going to look back on this summer and go what the F were we doing spending that amount, and there is a good chance we could be one of them.