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That's netspend which has been shown to mean jack all these days. We'll have spent over £100m before the window shuts and sold one player who was 100% definitely going to go.
Posters like you really should go back to AOL dial-up so no one has to read your tosh often.
He didn't state that though. He said spent. Big difference.
Also net spend is irrelevant when a Lukaku size fee is distorting the figures.
You said spent not net spent. Net spend is a pointless argument when there is a 75m fee involved.
Klaassen - £24m
Pickford - £25m (rising to £30m)
Keane - £25m (rising to £30m)
Sandro - £5.2m
Henri - £6.8m
Rooney - 'Free'
Lukaku - £75m (rising to £90m)
Deulofeu - £10.25m
Cleverley - £8m
McGeady - £0.25m
Kone - FREE
So, we've brought in approx £93.5m (as it stands, not counting add ons), and spent £86m (again, not including add ons).
That, to me, is great business when it comes to the players gone compared to players brought in.
Bar Lukaku - who didn't want to be here - those players offered nothing to us and won't be missed.
We're on the verge of signing Sigurdsson and smashing our record in the process.
We're then going to add a striker and probably another defender (this isn't including Martina).
And, as the squad stands, that will be us done. If there are sales, which is possible, we will go and reinvest that money if required.
Man United had a £120m net spend last season whilst finishing 6th and their only good player coming in on a free.
Why are people hung up on netspend? I'd rather us improve and not go bankrupt thanks.
Why are people hung up on netspend? I'd rather us improve and not go bankrupt thanks.
d4kyxx
Player Valuation: £20m
if we weren't planning to sell Rom, believe me, we'd never have spent as much as we have.
The club will never move forward until it invests. Spending money generated from player sales isn't good enough
We have spent big? We've broke our record twice over and are set to do it again.
The fact that we could possibly spend £200m outright, quite easily, this summer, and still break even by getting rid of players who don't want to be here or are just plain crap, shows the job that was required in the first place...
Because it's arguable whether we've improved the attack at all IMO, even if we do sign Sigurdsson. Nothing to do with net spend, it's about whether we've adequately replaced Lukaku.
Defensive signings are promising and Klaassen looks a good buy, so the overall squad is better (especially given promising youth players a year further on), as are areas of the first team but the attack isn't convincing me at this stage.
It seems it gives them a chance to knock the club they love for no apparent reason.
d4kyxx
Player Valuation: £20m
Spend 200m? and break even? Who would we sell to break even if we spent 200m? wow
That still has F all to do with net spend... Even though we have (and are going to continue) to spend...
everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
The answer to that question will be found on the pitch, not on a balance sheet.
You called Lukaku leaving? No one else thought he would even after he told us he wanted to leave.
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