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Did we say it last summer? I suppose we have all been saying similar things for the past 20-odd years in one way or another!I take your entire point and somewhat agree with the majority of it but that bolded bit is interesting... didnt we say that last season?
The big difference maker for me is the timing of the stadium. Poch mentioned the idea of CL in the new stadium as part of the challenge put in front of him when he was offered the job. That plan is going to have pre-stadium and post-stadium sections to it, both of which will have been discussed and forecast to see what is going to be achievable long-term and what needs to be done along the way. That would be the big difference I see between this season and last.
I agree that this summer will be a very telling period - assuming that we're in the stadium and the CL. I don't think it's a case of £300m or bust, but another barren transfer window would feel very debilitating. But I don't think any of this is a surprise to Poch.