That is a fantastic phrase.
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We were the 6th highest PL spenders in the 90s. We spent a fair bit between 2001-02 but abramovich came in the year after and inflated it for everyone.
Exactly. The notion that we outspent everyone under Fergie is a myth.
Yes because we had so many academy players. When we spent we often paid quite a bit.
We did, but it’s a myth that we had success because we had the most money.
Very true. But we did affect the market which I think was the original point.
When did we really affect the market during Sir Alex's time? We were outspent by other clubs in most of Sir Alex's Premier League seasons and most of the time when we spent big on a player it was because it was from another Premier League club so was always going to cost us more and was still less than what the Italian and Spanish clubs were trading players for.
How much you spend in total isn't as important as how much you spend on individual players.
We were the fourth biggest spenders between 92-2014.
So even if you add on a decade, we're still nowhere near the top.
We broke the British record three times in that era with Cole, Veron and Ferdinand.
But i'd argue it was Blackburn who had moved the market up buying Sutton for 5m 6months before.
And after Cole, Collymore went for 8.5m
Newcastle took the world record to 15m for Shearer - that could have been us, but obviously wasn't.
But to me it feels like Chelsea and City were far more responsible for repeatedly warping the market.
Chelsea were dishing out repeated 20m + fees in the early 2000s and City escalated the price of a full back to 50m!
Plus 45m or whatever Tevez was suspected to be 15 years before the time that was the price for an average forward or midfield squaddie!
Yea they all affected the market also.
Chelsea had the biggest affect for me, they changed things quite rapidly.
Rooney was also the record for someone at that rage group. Pogba also broke the record. Obviously these 2 were later on.
Weren't Chelsea also offering all/much of the agreed fee up front? I seem to recall that being a huge way to secure agreements along with offering higher wages; like Robben, although United dropped the ball there by low-balling PSV after initial pre-agreement.
Yeah that will be it for Premier League, rest of sides should refuse to play them but haven't the guts
3 signings this Jan and also 9 years contract for Haaland suggesting either they're gonna get nothing or they're are preparing for a transfer ban in the summer and minor points deduction.
They have definitely paid someone off, turned this league into a right fraud as well
Sportwashing done right.
Rooney did have quite the temper.
Age :P
