Our rivals are spending that though and just because something hasn't worked out in the past it doesn't mean it won't in the future. It's a loser mentality to keep punting 30m on players and expecting one to do something. It's what we have done in the past and we haven't won a thing. Let's actually change how we operate because the current way doesn't work
Have you seen the list of most expensive transfers? Most haven't lived up to their expectations.
Our rivals?
Apart from Arsenal - who have only just done that and previously purchased Pepe I would say they are all in a different place to us. Chelsea and City are both being investigated (one is a money laundering front and the other is a sportswashing enterprise) and the only two giant clubs in the country (Liverpool and United) are way bigger than us.
Arsenal FC - Record arrivals
This transfer statistic shows the compact view of the most expensive signings by Arsenal in the Overall statistics of current season season.www.transfermarkt.co.uk
That’s right! Let’s never pay big money again because we fucked it up in the past.
I honestly don't know why you think like this.
I’m not sure what you mean? People complain that our big signings have been flops? Is that unlucky? Is it because we have flip flopped between styles of play? Is it because we haven’t done proper background checks on things like attitude.
And just because something hasn't worked out in the past it doesn't mean that it will work out in the future. Moving away from the strategy of signing up and coming players is a large reason for our recent downfall. If we hadn't seen ourselves as too big for the likes of Maddison and Eze when we were first linked to them, there's every chance we would've been in a better state now. A player's transfer fee means fuck all, as proven time and time and time and again by us and by the bigger clubs.
I don’t think anyone is saying we should take punts however there has to be a balance. We have to pay money for established players also and the going rate for this is high.
I think when we have a well balanced squad that isneeding fine tuning then that's the time to lump on the expensive signings who can slot straight in and improve us but right now we need strength in depth
And we've done that with Maddison this year. We did it with Bissouma and Richarlison last year.
How much depth do we need we have 35 players? We also have no Europe.
Very true, Maddison and Biss are terrific signings.
Financial power does not equal pulling power however!
We have deep and bloated squad. Admittedly I wouldn't have confidence that a lot of them could find their arse with two hands and a map but that is besides the point.
Meh, while I agree to an extent. Multiple teams have signed big players using money. Newcastle and Tonali for example.
That's fair enough, and I also fear we'll spunk the money away. But there are two ways to approach the rebuild after a big sale. We can spend big, trying to replace Kane as like for like as possible, or we can try to spread the money into two or three players who in sum will have a bigger impact. And because Kane only had one year left on his deal and is 30, we got much less for him than he's actually worth. So if we spend all the money on a replacement striker, we'll be worse off.
