Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Think City is a bad example mate. Despite they're obvious greatness, they do have a smaller first team squad than us. Even the players they have on loan I've never heard of apart from Patrick Roberts, and he's only played once for their first team. Of the 14 we have on loan (not including young players like Robinson, Williams and Connolly) 13 have played multiple times for our first team, and the 14th, Henry Onyekuru, will hopefully become part of the first team squad next season.Doesn't seem to worry City too much.
I would therefore say our "potential" first team squad is possibly 50% larger than Cities. We really are in a mess from that perspective. Bringing new players in, regardless of our perceived wealth, is both impractical and irresponsible until we can lessen our wage bill.