hey didn't buy Markovic, Lovren, Moreno, Lallana and Balotelli.
Crouch do you believe that if the manager wanted to sign Di Maria instead of Lallana/Markovic and gone after Hummels instead of Lovren/Moreno/Manquillo and say Cavani instead of Balotelli/Lambert he would have been allowed to?
It is not a bi*ch about the money available, its a bi*ch about going out and buying better quality players with higher salaries.
It is about using a sniper rifle instead of a shotgun.
They did buy Markovic, Lovren, Lallana, Moreno, Balotelli; you better believe they did.
The mandate to never overspend on transfers or pay ridiculous salaries will dictate we never dip into the market of the class players.
You can say we overpaid for Lallana, Moreno, Lovren....no doubt considering the cost however that is what 12m, 20m, 25m buys you these days...mediocrity.
I would rather have taken that 57 million and thrown it all at a player like Reus then piss it away on three at best average players, but with a mandate that is spread the risk and don't pay too much on any one player it will never happen.
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