MON is one of the few I regard as a step up from SB. He's done it at a higher level for longer, simple as that. Bruce could still turn out to be a top class manager, but I remain unconvinced at the minute.
Well done Steve, great bit of research. It seems we both agree that income from the sale of players has to be included in the final tally, otherwise it just gives a false impression of how much money owners are pumping into clubs. I took a look at the total spending that you listed for each club and divided those figures by the number of seasons he was in charge. Apart from Villa, the sums were really quite modest.... Leicester - ã5m per season Celtic - ã6.8m per season Villa - ã35m per season I wonder what SB's season average is? I think it will be quite low after all of the sold players monies are taken into account.
Well the thing i noticed with MON is, in his first season at leicester/Celtic he spent a lot, then the next seasons he didnt spend much at all, but thats because he already had the players from the 1st seasons spend Celtic = 27.5 million in his first season Leicester = 5.2 then 8.3 in the next season. But whether thats just the owners not giving him any more cash or not, i am not sure lol Bruce Birmingham = 6 seasons 2001-2007 players out 135 revenue 39 million Players in 138 expenditure 66 million (that suprised me) Wigan 2 seasons out 47 revenue 36 million in 48 expenditure 36 million (made a loss of 66,000 1st season profit of 88,000 2nd season) Sunderland 2 seasons out 60 revenue 55 million in 49 expenditure 65 million.
Well that says it all for me, only ã5m per season! I think that average will increase somewhat this summer, assuming he is still in charge to spend it!
