Red Company
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300m is nothing when we had to completely rebuild our team. Not only were we missing key parts of the core but the backup for the core is incompetent too.Come on, Ole got to spend 200m already, should we get Sancho you can add 100m on top of that. Thats 300m in one and a half season, don't pretend he's operating on a shoestring
We are still another 300m away from having a fully capable squad that is competent enough to challenge on all fronts.
We still need replacements for:
Matic, Lingard, Pereira, Mata, Dalot + a CB, and a striker once Ighalo goes.
And all these outgoings plus Jones/Rojo/Smalling/Sanchez will hardly help offset the net spend. They’re all on average 0-10m players that will be a headache to move on.
Once we get rid of all these players we’ll also have to get rid of, and replace, one of Lindelof/Bailly and one or both of Fred & McT depending on how they perform next season.
So yeah we’re still miles away from being a steady title challenger. Had we brought in Ole when all our team needed was 300m to start challenging then your argument would make sense. But at the moment it’s baseless. Just put yourself in the managers shoes and let’s say you took over right when Ole took over and you looked at the squad and thought damn we need to completely overhaul the majority of this squad In the next 1-3 years. Would you honestly be contempt with 300m and that too in today’s market when all it’s really gotten you so far, or should I add, will get you, since your reference of 300m also included Sancho’s acquisition which hasn’t even happened yet? Sure you might have spent the Maguire money better, but the rest of the new signings cost a fair sum. And look how many signings that 300m has actually gotten you WHILE also having lost just as many players. Not like you got to spend the 300m without having to lose anyone else? So again, I say, your argument is baseless.
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