That's what the Daily Star thinks ... Tbh, I'd take that ...
Kuyt + Aqua + Cole = Sigurdsson + Muniain?
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*does a little spidey dance*
Again they, NESV got our club for a bargain yet will not rebuild the squad through any comprehensive investment if this report is true. no sign of a stadium either and more of this sell to buy shite. Meanwhile all the decent players go to better clubs, while we try to imitate the Newcastle summer 2011 model (which had a lot to do with dumb luck). Make no mistake, this strategy if reported correct will see us sink lower and lower. If you don't trust the manager, bring in another, but don't let us detiorate for another year.
Just because we bought so badly last year doesn't mean that mistake should be compounded by letting this dross represent us again next Season
Just because we bought so badly last year doesn't mean that mistake should be compounded by letting this dross represent us again next Season
Muniain 'bargain shite'? Drink a red bull man, grow some wings and smile.
i'm not worthy ...
As if were getting him. Same old shit.
I prefer happy localny ... Have some faith. Next year, we'll sign Mundane (that has to be his nickname if it comes through), and with Pep at the helm, and Kenny as DoF, we'll finish 5th.
I concur ... They didn't put in that much money last year - but hopefully, if we identify big players (Be it M'Vila, or Hazard, or Eriksen, or maybe Dnany Graham), they'll back the gaffa up.
30m is only not enough if you get the wrong players
Shaqiri 8m
Marin 6m
That's half the budget on quality that should only improve and have played CL football.
As good as muniain is, I'd rather not buy him because he'll take up a massive chunk of the budget
Shaqiri 8m
Marin 6m
That's half the budget on quality that should only improve and have played CL football.
As good as muniain is, I'd rather not buy him because he'll take up a massive chunk of the budget
IMO if you buy top prosepects young, aim to get 6-8 years useful service from them, and be prepared to sell the majority of them before they depreciate too heavily, then a net spend of £20m a year would be enough to win the league. £30m would be ample. We should be aiming to spend around £1.2m a year per first team position. To put that into perspective that'd mean budgeting to buy a player for around £17m and selling after 7 years for £8.5m, so nothing wildly ambitious in terms of a return.
However, I'd agree that in the short term we could probably do with a spend of more like £40m to help fire us back into the CL, which would of course not only pay for itself (although it wouldn't have to, because the extra spend could just be deducted from future years if you followed the same prudent policy) but make the strategy that much easier to employ with the added attraction CL football has. I can't really see why FSG shouldn't be prepared to invest a bit in the short term to help things along; it's no different from what many businesses do.
However, I'd agree that in the short term we could probably do with a spend of more like £40m to help fire us back into the CL, which would of course not only pay for itself (although it wouldn't have to, because the extra spend could just be deducted from future years if you followed the same prudent policy) but make the strategy that much easier to employ with the added attraction CL football has. I can't really see why FSG shouldn't be prepared to invest a bit in the short term to help things along; it's no different from what many businesses do.
Yeah as much as I think we can get things done on a budget, I can't help but think if FSG can't or won't invest £20m or so in the short run it'll be a much longer struggle back to the top than is really necessary - and every year we're out of the CL costs them £20m or so, so it does look like a false economy.
It's obvious you don't know much about anything every time you hit "submit" on a post.
Great post mate. Keep coming back.
Except 40m bought us Coates, Henderson, Downing & Enrique and we're further away from CL qualification and talking about needing another 40m.
Arsenal have been following that model and have won fuck all for years.
Man City & Chelsea have spent a fuck load more in order to challenge Man Utd. To think we could do it spending next to bugger all in comparison is fanciful.
If we want to challenge for the title next season, then we're looking at an investment of more like 150m.
Arsenal haven't been following that model. As far as I'm aware they've made profits for years and years and years. I'm talking about modest but sensible buying and selling to the tune of around £20m a year, something Utd have done and been more successful than anyone.
The idea isn't fanciful at all. It's superb. And, obviously, it's not going to work overnight. We're not going to win the league next year, but we can plan to win it in 4 or 5 if we're clever.
But just because I think it's a necessary part of a strategy isn't to say it'd be sufficient. Clearly it'd still require a reasonably good selection of targets, which is part of what went wrong last summer and in January 2011 (Henderson and Carroll).
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