- Oct 2, 2004
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I mean technically, Poch has spent near enough the same and we've had much success (no trophies at least). If we look at both ends of the rope, we aren't better off at this end of it.
That's ignoring the fact that managers very, very, rarely are the ones spending the money - at United it seems that Woodward supplies and ships out players, and JM has made it known many times that they players they bought weren't the ones he wanted.
I think big clubs spend big money because it's what's expected of them, and they often do it badly.
Poch's spending is nowhere near the same as Mourinho whichever way you look at it, and that's the same wherever Mourinho's been other than Porto.
He needs money to succeed. Unless we have a dramatic change of approach from the top, he would be our worst manager for a long time.