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Another summer of stagnation
Here we are again. Manchester United apparently interested in every player in Europe while buying no one. Still trying to prove their business creds by bargaining, not the football creds by stumping up the asking price. Feeding the gossip journos more than the fans. The new manager realising that Van Gaal was right, they are no longer interested in being a football first club, more in being a cost-cutting corporation. His first summer, and already he will be thinking “what am I doing here?”. It will now be blatantly bleedin’ obvious why the club is in decline.
If Chelsea is worth £4 billion, what is the value of United? Is it not enough to get the Glazers to sell and bank their profit? If only.
Tim
City transfer successes
Andy D, MCFC is very quick to claim that City’s transfer hit rate is high and he is right. City are an incredibly well run football club. Its not just about the money. They are not a club that has all the gear but no idea. However, they have loads and loads of money. He cites Mahrez as example of a successful transfer. Using Andy’s own source of Transfermarkt, Mahrez was a £61m transfer and last season played 28 times. He is a squad player. Every club outside of the state oil money clubs of City, Chelsea and PSG would think that £61m on a squad player is a failure. Sancho, Keita (54m), Pepe, Ndombele.
Same for another of his identified successful transfers in John Stones. There aren’t many clubs claiming a £50m CB with 14 appearances last year as a successful transfer.
Buy cheap, buy twice. The reason why Villa and Everton spend so much money net is because they can’t buy the best players for however much and if it doesn’t work out then just use them as a squad player and spend even more on a replacement. They buy a player because they think they are going to be right for them, find out they aren’t, and then have to sell them for less than they paid.
This is why Liverpool’s net spend calculation is changing. Five years of milking the champions league and premier league for all it worth combined with good purchases means that Liverpool no longer has to sell to buy. But it was continued success in the champions league and premier league as well as getting good money for Coutinho and Sterling (ta City) that has…
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