I don't think anyone disputes that any owner of any business is primarily in it to make money. A football club is no different, and when you've paid 300 million quid for something you'd want a return.
Fans don't mind the value of their initial investment increasing I don't think. Nor do they mind them taking some money out within reason. They should though as an absolute minimum give us the chance to compete for the league while they're doing it. That doesn't mean we should be buying Paul Pogba, but it does mean we shouldn't need to have a negative net spend in a window following an 8th place finish.
I know people will say "ah but Jürgen says the money is there" and I know he has. I wonder though just what are the terms of the managers employment, what sort of expectations are being asked of him. By that, I mean I'm pretty sure Mourinho and Conte will have been told in no uncertain terms that they are expected to finish AT LEAST in the top four. Now we've slashed our squad and wage bill though, I've no doubt we can survive perfectly well without the Champions League. The owners probably don't give a bollocks whether we get into it or not in truth, and as such are perfectly happy to buy into Jürgen's long term building plan.
Me though, I'd be saying to a manager "look, there's 100 million quid, now get us right back up there if you can". Sounds a bit more urgent to me than "you take your time fella, let us know if you need any cash".
If we DO get into the Champions League we'll obviously need a much bigger squad to cope with all the games. Is anyone confident these guys will stump up the cash, saying "no worries Jürgen we saved shitloads last season"? I'm not.
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