Rob
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I didn't say they can't. All I said was that some good managers in the league don't have the luxury of being able to spend hundreds of millions on players. Guardiola and Klopp are great managers, but the former in particular has been able to go out and buy, buy, buy. Neither excelled in the premier league until they spent huge amounts of money.
Van Djik's basic wage is very reasonable IIRC, but has a shit ton of relatively easy to achieve bonuses which boosts it up a lot.
According to this https://www.google.dk/amp/financialfootballnews.com/premier-league-2018-review-wages/amp/, we spend roughly the same as Arsenal and Chelsea on wages, and a good deal less than City and United. It does highlight how incredible of a job Poch is doing.