Theory.. D of F.. Manager and the Summer

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PIF paid £305million and have spent £290million on players. The value of the club is now £674million according to Forbes. The club has gone from bottom to 7th and had a first season in the Champions League for 20years.

I suspect the owners will be frustrated that they can’t plough more money in due to FFP but will be over the moon how their investment is working out. As the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund they don’t need to see cash generation but just want to see asset growth, which is what they are getting.

40% revenue growth YoY, which will be increased this year thanks to the CL season and excellent work from Eales & Co.

The Summer transfers were, like the squad management, relatively poor hence the disappointing season. But it looks very much like we'll be in Europe again and even if we're not I point at the spending at Chelsea & Spurs as an example of calibre of player/amount spent when both clubs had NO Europe. Even Liverpool weren't in the CL yet over the Summer replaced an entire midfield. Granted their starting point is far higher, but we'll catch up.
 
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