Or Manure (who are in huge debt) spunking: £63 on Casemiro £52m on Martinez £13m on Malacia While also chasing Antony for around £80m and De Jong for something similar. Yet the only press they get from pundits is "they need to spend big". They are in debt. We are not.
I know, it's largely based on revenue streams. But it makes a complete mockery of FFP when some clubs can spend way beyond their means. Their debt is huge. Yet the media expectation is than Man U should continue to spend big, while we should be restrained. Why?
Can they though? I thought that had been brought into question with the Glazers. But regardless, you could say the same goes. In theory we could spend huge and PIF could back the finances. But it doesn't mean we can do that under FFP. FFP mainly seems to help prop up the big clubs overspending.
Jonjo is absolutely gutted he got injured. We might have enough to finish top 8. That would be jizz fest levels.
The one thing Ashley did was give us the chance to spend 400m and not be hindered by FFP. Then the sponsorship deals will come in. This is the beginning. 200m+ in the first year is jizz material.
Club revenue and profits. Our spending is huge compared to our revenue. We’ve spent more on signings than we’ll take in this financial year. I presume they have massive commercial deals lined up for next season.
400m? Jordan just pulled that figure out of his backside. Note the comment he tacks on the end… if that spending gets us the level of success you’d hope… in other words a regular place in the CL. Absolutely no guarantee of that.
No it actually is that figure. It’s actually a lot more. Depending on the structure of the deals. There was an article done by I think the athletic which says that technically we could spend upwards of 400m. Honestly the only thing hindering us is commercial deals. The 400m is over 3 years mind.
Yeah I take what Jordan says with a pinch of salt. Although I agree with the essence, we were in decent financial health compared with most. We just need new sponsorship deals to boost revenues. Success based revenues (especially CL qualification) are certainly not guaranteed. But my main point is that the way FFP is structured, it simply helps those at the top stay at the top. How is that 'fair'?
