Personally I couldn't care less about how much the others spend, or in a lot of cases waste, as long as we finish above them in the league and preferably give them a beating on the way up.
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Personally I couldn't care less about how much the others spend, or in a lot of cases waste, as long as we finish above them in the league and preferably give them a beating on the way up.
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Originally Posted by ex_pat_magpie
All that matters is where NUFC finish and what we do.
How proud are we again of our club!?!
It's so nice to be a well run business, a professional coaching staff, ambitious hard working players determined to bring home success for the fans and for themselves.
We are truly united once again from top to bottom.
All the usual media clowns, Merson et al were spouting nonsense that we would be blasting hundreds of millions in each window like Chelsea or more modestly Nott Forest.
We are not doing that. Are we spending BIG compared to our spending patterns over the past 10-15 yrs (bar a few exceptions where slug dip his hand in his back pocket to ensure we didn't get relegated) because we literally never spent money year on year.
Joelinton's signing was completely out of character and spending £40m for a player no one had really heard of nor did he have a record warranting that kind of financial outlay. This was the exception not the rule.
Whilst we have spent good money on top quality players in Botman, Bruno & Isak for example, that is what the market rate dictates that level of players cost in todays market.
When you hear the like of Horse Teeth Klipperty bleating on about us and our 'unfair advantage financially' when in fact his club are one of the worst culprits for distorting the price of players. Bin Dips spent £70m+ on a goal keeper, we spent £10m with a first payment of £3m. Bin Dips spent £70m on a centre back, we spent £35m.
These days £35m the average cost of a young quality player with international/UCL quality potential. Much the same as a 24-26yr old player with 18months left on his contract. That £30-40m range is more or less what a club has to pay to get hold of that level.
Ashworth will uncover cheaper gems as he did during his time at Brighton & West Brom before that. Right now we have to pay good money for the profile of player we need to build the squad to stabilise the club in the top 4. It doesn't come cheap but we're doing it the right way. Our entire back 5 cost less than Harry McGuire for example.
What the rest do is none of our business, we're working to ensure we're maximising the points earned verses £spent.
Compare our spend + our league position with the middle table teams of Liverpool, Chelsea, Villa, Wolves. Leicester spend + position.
We are huge huge value for money.
In the summer all our new financial sponsors will be signed and the revenues streams will be much much wider. We will h
It’s true. Even our most expensive purchase Isak at 60 million is dwarfed by Klippety’s purchase of Nunez (85).
If we could just get 4th spot this season, the extra revenue from the Champions League (and accompanying exposure in Asia) could really kick start our post Ashley revival.
Forgot about Nunez... Good point!
Staying in the conversation for the UCL year on year will only benefit our global profile. However the great advantage we have is that there are already Geordies everywhere on the planet. NUFC supports clubs meeting on every continent already. This dormant giant will awaken and will shock the football word.
I can see why Real Madrid & Juve are worried.
Yes - there’s one here in Brazil but I p*ssed most of them off a couple of years back by telling them how sh*t Joelinton was in the season after he signed 😆😆
They might speak to me again now they’ve had the last laugh!
Well you were right about big Jo then but justified in your jubilation and the reasons for it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by toptoon
Now you have the last and permanent laugh. >;)