NieThePiet
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I highly, highly doubt Arsenal will spend anything close to 200M this summer, not unless it is offset by some serious sales. I would bet their net spend will be under 100M. Which means doing some quality scouting with so many positions to be filled. Expecting Kroenke to kick in funds is about as forlorn as thinking the Glazers will ever go into their own pocket.
The difference is, that the club will lose value with every poor season and places like 8th - don't think United ever has dropped so far behind. He has to protect his value and back the transfer strategy, otherwise the gap will be bigger and bigger with every season.
I'm normally very pessimistic about our spending (and the backing from Kroenke) too, but i'm pretty sure we will invest a lot this summer. Lokonga and White is already 70m pounds, while it's just a small part of the business this summer. Of course we will get some money due to sellings, but realistically it will be minimum 150m net spend.