My first ever thread on SC!
They supposedly paid £7.4 million for him, and this is generally considered a bit steep. But it's also true that the club never said that they had paid that much for him (neither Man Yoo or the Portuguese side). Isn't it possible, probable even that they paid much less but put out the story to get their "net spend" up in the light of fan protests?
Which brings me to my bugbear. The figures on "net spend" that fans and journalists usually quote are almost invariably drawn from specualtion in the newspapers, and rarely if ever from the accounts. Which makes them bullshit, yet they are taken as some kind of hard fact.
Not sure there is much to discuss here (reason why I don't start threads) but it's good to unburden myself.
They supposedly paid £7.4 million for him, and this is generally considered a bit steep. But it's also true that the club never said that they had paid that much for him (neither Man Yoo or the Portuguese side). Isn't it possible, probable even that they paid much less but put out the story to get their "net spend" up in the light of fan protests?
Which brings me to my bugbear. The figures on "net spend" that fans and journalists usually quote are almost invariably drawn from specualtion in the newspapers, and rarely if ever from the accounts. Which makes them bullshit, yet they are taken as some kind of hard fact.
Not sure there is much to discuss here (reason why I don't start threads) but it's good to unburden myself.