In all of Fergie's years he hasn't been one to go out and spend large. He covets the surprise signing over the Hollywood one. Veron bombed, Rio has done well, Berbatov failed only because he was benched after his best ever season, Keano of course was legendary. But the main reason we don't go out buying every transfer period is those type of truly special players are extraordinary rare. Most players get over-valued after a good YouTube compilation or one season or a tournament. We need more consistency, less flair in a player.
Fergie doesn't have time to deal with egos and if you're talking playing over forty million pounds, you're talking ego. Fergie would much rather work with the Fletchers and Parks and Giggs' than the Tevez' and Torres' and the like.
Yes, we have broken the bank a number of times to get players, but the lads on here moaning about the end of the world really don't see the bigger picture which is that Fergie has never been in a Mancini or Jose-type manager. He's a Wenger-type manager: Buy youth, find gems. He's better at it than Wenger, thankfully, but the two are identical in styles.
Sure, being City at the moment or Chelsea in the past would have been great. But we don't need to covet that because while they are imploded and aged and struggled, we were winning with a solid team. We are a family that stick around, not a bunch of escorts who get shipped out after a season of use and abuse.
I'm very optimistic. Kagawa is in and make no mistake about his deceiving price, he's worth far more than that. We're a team with a few holes left to fill - back up LB, DM, and a striker - but the reason we don't go out buying ten players in a FM-style transfer period is because we actually have a club filled with good players who stick around.
I'm proud we don't need to spend to win. We develop and nurture and discover. I'd take a Hernandez surprise over an expensive flop or primadonna any season.
The only worry I have is that this is Fergie's team and there isn't a manager alive who can do what Fergie does with the players we have. Fergie has a style and a type of player that most don't. The big worry isn't Corporate Fergie, it's Retired Fergie.