No sale of any 1st team regular is good business... at any price...
We have no feckin squad and we are being asset stripped.....
That fair enough if you don't have faith but the thing is, we do get them.
However , we have to have a new manager in with their own ideas and also having to look at what the club have identified.
I believe we'll get targets over the line.
Like I said, very few clubs have done much business as it stands.
We need a manager in quick, who can basically hit the ground running.
Only time will tell.
We have to be sure of a takeover or not a takeover and naturally see what transpires from there.
It only takes a couple of targets and we're on the level.
Ashley was quoted as saying it was the Arabs that didn't want Rafa.
If that was the case then surely they would have said don't sell any assets until the takeover is complete and we have our manager in place.
I get more cynical about a takeover daily.
30 million for a player that wanted to leave before and hankered to leave , as well as getting booed before being let off the leash to rescue his below par season, is excellent business.
It'll be fantastic business if we replace him with better.
Leicester have got a good player and I have no ill will against Perez.
However, we move on just like we always do and like all clubs do.
Nothing lasts for too long in this game, as we all know.
I believe a new manager will receive it...and more.
This is why I argue over the net spend situation.
Perez cost us something like 1.2 million (approx) and yet, if we get 30 million for him then it's a near 29 million profit.
However, that money will be sitting in the coffers, so if we go out and spend ,say, 32 million on two players (as an instance) then we've spent 32 million, not 3 million and all the stingy gets under the sun, tag.
If we spend 3 million and nothing else then I could well understand uproar.
Net spends mean nothing. What counts is how you barter and how you spend in relation to what you can uphold to keep continuity...or basically keep a big club afloat.
Last edited by ghostrider; 03-07-2019 at 11:12 AM.
If we were to only spend 32m in this window then net spend would absolutely be relevant you moron.
You are right that net spend is not always the be all and end all of any argument involving investment. It does happen to have a baring on our plight however.
I never said it wasn't relevant. Read what I said.
It doesn't need to have any bearing on any plight if a club manages to run on player bartering.
However, it's not always easy to keep up consistently, which we generally don't and do actually net spend when required. It just seems to be overlooked or cast off as minimal whilst outgoing transfer monies are simply classed as not part of a spend.
Take a look at many clubs and you'll find a lot of them ride along on player outgoing fees to cater for their incomers, even at mammoth prices that makes it look like they're spending big cash from the hip.