It is 'our' money because 'we' have a finite amount of cash at any one time. Once any of that finite amount of money is spent, then that is less to be spent on other things. With the fair trade rules, this becomes even more important. Given the debt we were in and the trouble we were in - then anything that might lead to us now - or in the future - of going into debt is a concern for this fanbase given what has happened. Then you have the other argument which is for people that go to the match - they have to fund the purchase of players. We are happy to spend big. As long as spending big is sensible and helps the club in the long term.
That is why people are interested / have concerns / care about spending money.
Firstly, concerning 'finite amount' - we have no idea what that is or whether henderson's fee will impact on other signings and to date kenny has praised the owners for supporting financially the acquisition of his targets. It appears the presumption is that his fee is 'taking away' from other target's - but it is just that a 'presumption' and what other targets are diminishing because of henderson's fee? No fucker knows either way.
The debt argument is a non-starter - there's no relationship between the henderson fee and some nebulous debt fear, one that i haven't seen expressed in the relevant threads when speaking of transfer fees (I might have missed the odd post, granted, but it's clearly not a concern for most at this time). Let's not bullshit, fans
at this time are not worried in the slightest by debt as we in the main have trust and faith in our owners to this point - in fact if you look at some 'hoped' for signings there's more about splash the cash than 'oh dear it could put us in debt'.
Fans ultimately paying for the club by their support is obviously true but again I haven't seen fans bitching about paying to see games (ticket prices thread excluded - it's an increase, that's alway gonna get hammered).
The bitching I mentioned isn't centred around money per se, it's about their individual valuation of the player and what the club values him at - which is the part that bemuses me hence my initial response. How many times have you read about 'if only we'd gone a few extra million etc'.
The kid is getting flak from the money side of things cos those indiviuals dishing it out don't see him in the same light as kenny. I'm sure the same posters would be all for spunking shitloads if Aguero was a possibility - so I see it as moving the goal posts using the money angle.