For those trying to take me to task
@ham2 I posted this in this thread back on May 20th:
https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/farhad-moshirì.85442/page-1742#post-5468736
The actual facts show that, as things currently stand, under Moshiri, we have a positive net spend of £25.6m. This is £17.6m if you include the Cleverley sale, which technically hasn't happened yet. Still a very substantial amount, considering the likes of LFC have a £10m NEGATIVE net spend during the same time period, just as a comparison. It's a total myth that Moshiri hasn't spent money. In fact it's not just a myth, it's stupidity to think that.
Deals done since Moshiri came in February 2016 (so basically, the last two windows, summer 2016 & January 2017):
Players signed (Fees reported in hyperlinks):
Martin Steklenberg £1m
Idrissa Gueye
£7.1m
Ashley Williams
£12m
Yanick Bolasie
£25m
Dom Calvert-Lewin
£1.5m
Ademola Lookman
£11m
Morgan Schneiderlin
£24m
Total spent £81.6m
Players sold:
Tim Howard £1m
John Stones £47.5m
Bryan Oviedo & Darron Gibson £7.5m
Total recouped £56m
Positive net spend of £25.6m.
Now if you want, we can add the sale of Tom Cleverley to this for £8m (even though it hasn't happened yet and won't happen until July 1st).
That's still a net spend of £17.6m on players by Moshiri since February 2016.
Them's the actual facts mate.
Anything else you've written are 'mights' and 'could be's just to suit your negative agenda of what you
think might happen under Moshiri.
The reality thus far has been very different.
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Also back on January 31st I posted about LFC's £10m negative net spend:
https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/january-transfer-thread-2017.92578/page-1680#post-5235478