its always best to look at the net spend rather than only one way, in this and last season they have spent less than £10 million according to transfrmarket
Transfer record 21/22
| Arrivals/Departures | Fee |
---|
Income | 24 | €37.60m |
Expenditure | 32 | €26.46m |
Overall balance | +€11.14m | |
Transfer record 22/23
| Arrivals/Departures | Fee |
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Income | 24 | €9.55m |
Expenditure | 20 | €30.18m |
Overall balance | €-20.63m | |
11.14 - 20.63 =
-£9.49 million
I would like to see us more active in the transfer market but for 10+ years we have been bleeding in just expenditures only, and only in our recent run to europa final and Patterson/Aribo/Bassey got us our first considerable fees that i can remember, but we had 10+ years of expenditures to make up for, so its not like that can all be immediately re-invested the way the scum from across the city are able to do, hopefully we will get there in time but it pains me to say we cant just go out and blast away 50 million from 1 year of good accounts
so yes I agree its a lot to spend, but only because the business model is proving to be successful and not because they just threw 50 million into the wind, also they have been incredibly fortunate with transfers since he came in, so as much as i dont want to like the guy, its obvious hes using his experience in those leagues as a marker and tapping into that, 1 or 2 signings aside, it seems to be working. I mean if you look at their transfer record over the last 4 years instead of 18 months the figures balance themselves out to be nothing
When gerrard was here we had so many transfers but how many actually worked out apart from the obvious ones? it was crazy how many ppl we had coming in it felt like