Net spend argument sorted forever

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Says it all really

 

pity the sauce is so poor.... lol

 

The Stoke figure is a surprise but then they buy older players with little resale value.

 

In more detail

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[TD="class: xl26, width: 130, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: left"]Net Spend last 5 Years[/TD]
[TD="class: xl27, width: 100, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]Purchased Gross[/TD]
[TD="class: xl27, width: 80, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]Sold[/TD]
[TD="class: xl28, width: 77, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]Nett[/TD]
[TD="class: xl28, width: 77, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]Per Season[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Manchester City[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£483,450,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£101,300,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£382,150,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£76,430,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, align: right"]Chelsea[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£268,300,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£77,600,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£190,700,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£38,140,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Stoke City[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£68,225,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£8,150,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£60,075,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£12,015,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, align: right"]Aston Villa[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£137,900,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£87,350,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£50,550,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£10,110,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl29"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Manchester United[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£154,850,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£118,300,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£36,550,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£7,310,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, align: right"]QPR[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£34,000,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£450,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£33,550,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£6,710,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£211,850,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£185,050,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£26,800,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£5,360,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, align: right"]Sunderland[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£101,900,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£78,050,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£23,850,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£4,770,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl39, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Fulham[/TD]
[TD="class: xl40, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£46,800,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl40, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£23,200,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£23,600,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£4,720,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: xl41"]West Bromwich Albion[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£38,725,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£22,810,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£15,915,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]£3,183,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]West Ham[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£61,400,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£53,300,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£8,100,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£1,620,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: xl42, align: right"]Norwich City[/TD]
[TD="class: xl32, align: center"]£8,050,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl32, align: center"]£1,100,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£6,950,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£1,390,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]15[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Swansea[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£11,430,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£6,860,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£4,570,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£914,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: xl42, align: right"]Tottenham[/TD]
[TD="class: xl32, align: center"]£153,700,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl32, align: center"]£147,750,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£5,950,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£1,190,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]15[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Southampton[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£11,450,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£14,600,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£3,150,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£630,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl42, align: right"]Wigan [/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£38,800,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]£49,050,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]-£10,250,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl43, align: center"]-£2,050,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl39, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Everton[/TD]
[TD="class: xl40, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£46,500,500[/TD]
[TD="class: xl40, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£57,000,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£10,499,500[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£2,099,900[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, align: center"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, align: right"]Reading[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£3,900,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, align: center"]£25,150,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]-£21,250,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, align: center"]-£4,250,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl35, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: xl36, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: right"]Arsenal[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£117,400,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl37, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]£138,700,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£21,300,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl38, bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: center"]-£4,260,000[/TD]
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[TD="class: xl44, align: center"]20[/TD]
[TD="class: xl45, align: right"]Newcastle[/TD]
[TD="class: xl46, align: center"]£64,650,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl46, align: center"]£105,550,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl47, align: center"]-£40,900,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl47, align: center"]-£8,180,000[/TD]
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the spurs figure surprises me

 

Yeah fair to say Rosie does Spurs books then

 

Villa's net is high too considering how much they got for Young & Downing

 

Utd's total would be totally different if not for the £80m Ronaldo sale.

 

Crazy seeing Stoke and Villa up there.

 

Yeah that was the one that stood out most for me. Jesus christ we complain about wasting money on certain players but how the hell have Villa managed to do that and still be so utterly bollox I suppose Bent and Nzogbia account for a lot of the Young and Downing cash but where has the rest gone??

 

If it werent for us Newcastle's would look abit different.

Stoke's seems be more steady investment rather than huge splurges, buy a couple of players a year for about 5-7 mil sort of thing

 

Just shows what a load of bollox "net" spend is, if you sell players to buy then you have to buy to improve your team, if you sell and buy players of the same standard or two players at a lower standard (see Rafa) then you have wasted your net spend, if you sell two players of a lower standard and use the money plus a bit more to buy one high standard player who will improve the team/squad then you have used your net spend wisely. If you sell a player for 5 million and then buy a replacement for 10 million you should not look at your new player and say is he worth 5mill, you should look at him and say is he worh 10mill because that is what he has cost you since you already got rid of a 5mill asset.

 

But by the same token, so would ours without the Torres or Alonso sales

 

Smart arse.

 

To be fair, I wasn't even being smart...

 

I know,a lot of posters say the very same thing about you.

 

....

 

Could say the same about us & Torres...

 

Wakey Wakey Bozz,We've already done that one earlier.