Truth is it comes out of a different pot, a different budget so that 11m in dividends means nothing in regards to this transfer.
Our budget has been set, in the past fans would complain if we overspend and now with Murtough we're ensuring clubs don't take the piss and now that's not good enough.
We will get him, and it will be on our terms.
The fans complained about overspending 130m pounds on two players like Maguire and AWB. Or spending 40m pounds on youth players like Pellistri and Amad as panic buys. Haggling over 10m for one of the best midfielders in Europe is ridiculous, especially one with qualities that will transform our midfield. Just look at Arsenal, they were penny pinching and it led them to being 8th for consecutive years. Spend 200m~ in consecutive summers has led them to finish 5th, it's still not enough for them.
We need a completely new midfield, we need a RW, we need a striker, and we need a RB. This is the summer we need to make 6~ signings in order to compete for top 4 next season. It makes no sense that this is the summer that they've decided to give the squad so many little resources to contend with over the summer.
We are in big danger of being further left behind if the Glazers don't take this seriously.
Henderson didn’t start a PL game last season
Lingard barely came off the bench
Mata didn’t make a PL start until the end of the season
Pogba - couldn’t depend on him and waiting for his next injury
Cavani same
Matic played one game needed the game after to recover
So basically it’s not as if we lost 6 starters we lost 1 starter who is always picking up injuries.
Also we have a bloated squad so 2/3 signings would sort out the numbers.
Albeit not sorting out the overall squad quality
Yes the players we lost weren't important, but the issue is that our MAIN STARTING XI already had major holes in it. Holes that will take 5 signings to fix, at least. Like think about it: ,We don't have a right winger. 0 right wingers. (no, youth loanies don't count); our only main goal scorer last season was a 37 year old Ronaldo. we need a striker, this isn't a debate; we need a midfielder to take over Mctominay's position as the deepest lying midfielder (De Jong); we need a midfielder to be able to dictate play and distribute the ball from box to box, because Fred isn't good enough (no, 4 months of good form doesn't overwrite 3 years of mediocrity); we need a defensively strong midfielder, a midfield destroyer to complement De Jong.
This is the bare minimum we need to plug the biggest holes in the squad. Notice this still isn't enough for us to fix the RB position; fix our CB position, because Varane is injury prone and Maguire right now is a huge question mark; and midfield back up signings to cover in case our midfielders get injured (cause I do not ever want to see Mctominay playing for us ever again).
Our other players (Sancho, Rashford etc) struggle because our team is dysfunctional. We need to get rid of that dysfunction for others to get back at their level too. Obviously we can't all do this in one summer, but in my opinion the bare minimum to compete for top 4 is 5 signings. Anything less and you're basically throwing away the season, because the other clubs are becoming much much stronger than we are atm.
Just 2 signings and our squad isn't even better than it was at the start of last season.
