Funny how many people seem to think that the club employs a network of scouts so that we can just go out and blow silly money on whoever is on the cover of the latest edition of Shoot!, FourFourTwo or FIFA.
That's not how this club works. It's not even how Chelsea works, and they don't have to worry about cash. It might be how City has worked for the last year or so, but it probably won't be for long. Only Real Madrid have done this regularly, and it hasn't actually been all that successful for them.
How much did we spend net last summer? £30-40m? Add in a bit more from the Warrior deal, (possibly) lower wage bill, higher ticket prices, a few other deals Ian Ayre's pulled off (tesco was one, sure there were a couple others, nothing as big as the kit deal, but they add up) then take off what we've lost by not being in the Europa this season.
It's unlikely we'll be paying out more than £40m net. That's fine. We can get two world class players for that and a couple of upgrades funded by sales. Same thing next year. And so on. It's about strengthening what we have. Some people here like to have a cry and whinge about last summer's signings, but the club are happy with them. Same people used to moan about Lucas, now moaning that we don't have any backup for him.
People even saying Enrique is shit now.
Have to laugh at them.
Laugh at them.
Laugh at them.