brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
Whatever is spent will probably be less than what the majority imagine.
Thelwell has said it will be conservative whilst Moyes has said this is a club that needs to be built up. I took that to mean steady development rather than a big initial outlay.
I simply can't envisage an outlay in the 100's of millions. It's a bit sobering to think that Chelsea spent £100 million in the summer of 2003, which is 22 years ago, a generation.
The big challenge is in deciding how to spread the total budget over the number of players they seem necessary to bring in.
We spent €35m on Onana a few years back - I'd assume we might be able to replicate that type of fee or thereabouts for 2 or 3 players with any padding done with cheaper global signings, loans, and frees.
Ideally we need to be finding players before they are worth £30m and pick them up for half that. That's where the margins need to be far better for us if we have to sell a couple of years down the line.
Thelwell has said it will be conservative whilst Moyes has said this is a club that needs to be built up. I took that to mean steady development rather than a big initial outlay.
I simply can't envisage an outlay in the 100's of millions. It's a bit sobering to think that Chelsea spent £100 million in the summer of 2003, which is 22 years ago, a generation.
The big challenge is in deciding how to spread the total budget over the number of players they seem necessary to bring in.
We spent €35m on Onana a few years back - I'd assume we might be able to replicate that type of fee or thereabouts for 2 or 3 players with any padding done with cheaper global signings, loans, and frees.
Ideally we need to be finding players before they are worth £30m and pick them up for half that. That's where the margins need to be far better for us if we have to sell a couple of years down the line.