Good reply Ramondo, appreciate your strength of feeling, but ultimately I have to agree with VdLH.
One thing I would take issue with though is that 'fans get excited about their clubs spending big sums'. Some do I know, while others worry. Personally it's the acquisition of good players - pieces of the jigsaw - that excites me. I'm really not into bragging about how expensive they were but in this instance I genuinely think it had become a case of 'needs must'. Time will tell.