And? We had 15 matches to turn it around
That is funny. Consider that with Sanchez signing out gap became
bigger. And we crashed out CL in a humiliation manner to a Sevilla team, whose whole squad cost less that Lukaku.
We didn't have to pay as Mourinho didn't want Mikhi anymore. Him going out was a bonus to the deal, actually.
Sure, but Micki was an asset and could have been sold. Sanchez was already going in the summer. Also who bought Micki? Yep,
Jose did. For 30m plus. That how much money we spent on a player who's had just six month of contract left.
Inflation wise Lukaku is like the 20th most expensive transfer.
And exactly how much did he cost in that rating? And how is inflation calculated for transfers that were 5 years ago?
I doubt it's a real or even a well though rating. I've seen something like that before Lukaku (so def not 'your' rating) and person who complied that crap was a moron. He was using a CPI to account for inflation in transfer market. Clearly the guy had no idea what CPI actually is.
Do you think money just simply falls from the tree branches?
Jose sure seems to think so. How much many he spent during his time here already? And he still is not impressed.
On what planet did all of that happen? KDB was booted from Chelsea.
Yes by a clueless manager. Lukaku was too btw. I wonder how Chelsea fans feel about it. Not great i think, not great at all.
Jose got us into the CL twice and won the EL. What did Moyes do aside from making us a laughing stock because I seriously have a hard time remembering?
Nothing. But that does not change the fact, that he was not given a financial backing Jose received. Now would Jose managed to achieve these things with the backing of the Moyes variety, we will never know for sure, but i would bet on a 'no'.
While Mourinho certainly hasn't impressed with the money given to him, calling it a "huge support" is not accurate. The Glazers have been leeching from this club for years and years, and they've gotten away with that due to SAF's genius. So they decided to let go of their purse for a bit, but this season you can't possibly say they've backed Mourinho. Look at what wee Liverpool have done this season with the backing of Klopp. All in all, Glazers, like Arsenal's owner, only care about getting top 4 and that's it.
Actually it is accurate. Lets compare Klopp's situation and Jose's. Klopp was forced to sell one of his best player. Was Jose in that position? No, never.
Liverpool was forced to sell its star players regularly, Sterling, Suarez, Coutinho and this is first year in a very long time when Liverpool spent significantly more than received. Lets take Kloop. According to transfermarket (in euros) overall Liverpool net spending from 15-16 till now was 192m. 125/90 (spent/received) 9n 15-16, then 80/85 in 16-17, 168/174 in 17-18 (inc Van Dijk) and finally 182/14 this window. So basically only once did Liverpool give Kloop far more money than it received selling players.
Lets look at United. We have 185/47 for 16-17, then 164/11 and 82/23. That's 350m, what x1.8 more than Liverpools. The major difference is that Klopp bought Salah for 40m, while Jose wasted 40m on Micki. Firminho, Mane all were smartly bought, as opposed of what we have done. Even if you don't like the net sum, we can take a look at pure expenses, they are the same for the last 3 years at 430m each. So even when considering money given, Livepool did not had more.
United is one of the most spending team in the last 4-5 years, under Jose and LVG both. Even this summer our spending is 80m already if we do sign Jose's first pick, it will be well over 100m mark for what, 5-th season in a row.
So literally every season after Moyes. Imagine that....
