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As much as I would love to believe the "Uncle Joe" ITK, I won't be holding my breath until the window slams shut and we have kept Bale and have a net spend of 60m plus. You have to look at Levy and Lewis' history, they are not frivolous spenders on emotion, they are shrewd business men, and while there is an argument that now is the time to spend with the impending FFP and so much fresh managerial meat in the PL, in pure business terms, it is a huge risk, because we could spend £200m, but a few injuries, bad luck at key times, and our perennial shocking inability defend set pieces rising its head again, and we could still finish 5th.
As, I say, would love it to be true, but time will tell. Some you have to be prepared to be sitting here on Sep 3rd, seeing Bale gone and our net spend being pretty much zero, and having let Jim Whyte and SSN sucker you into another day infront of the telly.
And how do you explain breaking our transfer record not once but twice as well as spending that pretty significant amount on the 28 year old Soldado?