brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
The end will justify the means, surely.
I don't see anything wrong with austerity in our current state - we have too many players and the club has suffered badly from financial and procedural ill-discipline and either no strategy or poorly devised and executed strategy.
Despite regular claims to the contrary, we are not and never have been cash rich in the modern era. I don't see anything wrong with Moshiri and the club wanting a big improvement in getting bang for their buck. All other things being equal, I get some re-assurance from knowing that this is taken seriously and that we won't take unnecessary risks with stability and sustainability. What has transpired with transfer policy in the past two years has objectively failed and that particular train has to be brought to a halt. I would take a dim view of any DOF or club officer who thought to the contrary.
We have to adopt truly global scouting and not opt for the lazy, convenient but far more expensive option of bringing in predominantly domestic players. £50m transfers might be the order of the day for City and United and barely raise an eyebrow anymore but we cannot conduct the essential major surgery required on the squad by filling each position with players of that value. We have to have a longer-term strategy that will result in transfer policy actually being an area of growth for the accounts and helping to sustain further investment in the team when we need it.
I don't see anything wrong with austerity in our current state - we have too many players and the club has suffered badly from financial and procedural ill-discipline and either no strategy or poorly devised and executed strategy.
Despite regular claims to the contrary, we are not and never have been cash rich in the modern era. I don't see anything wrong with Moshiri and the club wanting a big improvement in getting bang for their buck. All other things being equal, I get some re-assurance from knowing that this is taken seriously and that we won't take unnecessary risks with stability and sustainability. What has transpired with transfer policy in the past two years has objectively failed and that particular train has to be brought to a halt. I would take a dim view of any DOF or club officer who thought to the contrary.
We have to adopt truly global scouting and not opt for the lazy, convenient but far more expensive option of bringing in predominantly domestic players. £50m transfers might be the order of the day for City and United and barely raise an eyebrow anymore but we cannot conduct the essential major surgery required on the squad by filling each position with players of that value. We have to have a longer-term strategy that will result in transfer policy actually being an area of growth for the accounts and helping to sustain further investment in the team when we need it.
