Whichever system you're using for identifying players, spending 292 million quid in four seasons transfer windows while bringing in 200 million isn't really backing the manager. 23 million quid NET spend a season is hardly going for it in a big way.
I'm constantly surprised that the policy of the owners in bringing in young players, giving the transfer committee so much power etc doesn't have more fans up in arms. It seems we just accept it, cross our fingers that the new manager can unearth a few gems and get in with it. Then if any of us say the owners are not giving him a chance, people rare up up on us and say WE'RE not backing the manager. It's a source of constant amazement to me, then the same people accuse me of "dumbing down expectations". Very confusing.
To be fair Mick we are averging 32.6 a season not that the extra 10 million makes that big of a difference
# Net Spend last 5 Years Purchased Gross Sold Net Per Season
1 Manchester City £472,800,000 £159,300,000 £313,500,000 £62,700,000
2 Manchester United £432,700,000 £144,400,000 £288,300,000 £57,660,000
4 Chelsea £475,959,000 £277,250,000 £198,709,000 £39,741,800
3 Liverpool £354,100,000 £190,770,000 £163,330,000 £32,666,000
5 Arsenal £258,625,000 £154,600,000 £104,025,000 £20,805,000
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premier-league-last-five-seasons/transfer-league-tables/premier-league-table-last-five-seasonsSpurs are -£10 million a season for the past 5 years.
As far as wages go for this past season we are 5th.
NO# CLUB 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
3 Chelsea £190m £192.7m £215.6m
1 Manchester United £187m £215.8m £203 m
2 Manchester City £216m £205m £193.8m
4 Arsenal £166.4m £180.4m £192m
5 Liverpool £140m £144m £152m
6 Tottenham £112m £100.4m £110.5m
http://www.totalsportek.com/money/english-premier-league-wage-bills-club-by-club/We have teams paying less wages and spending less in transfers but finished above us in the league...this is the major issue to me more than anything as it shows financial capability but poor management from top to bottom of the resources available.
If everything was about money and that is all it was then I would expect us to be right around 4th/5th every year instead we are finishing 6, 8, 7, 2, 6, 8th. Of course its not all about money the teams finishing above us each year, Spurs especially are doing so and not spending anything near where what we do.
Lot's of waste going on...in part to the owners being naive, part to the TC and the main part I believe is a lack of a crystal clear focus on what we are all about; I am really hoping that Jürgen is here to give this club the focus it needs and the other parties (ownership, management, supporters) all just get out of his way and let him do his thing.