chjoak said:
Supposedly we will have between 45-100m + transfer revenue to spend depending on EL vs CL for next season. We are losing 4 players to retirement/FA and will likely sell 4-8 more. No matter what, we will need a LB, RB, CB & AM/W. Depending on the number sold we could need another 2-3 just for depth. While I understand your sentiment, if those numbers are remotely true, it is entirely possible we could spend 175m gross.
I wholeheartedly agree that we NEED to spend 175 million plus this summer, but we are bad sellers. Every other club makes a fortune on bang on average players and we lose our top talent for free. The Ozil contract is going to hurt us. If we manage to get rid of him, we may end up paying a portion of his wages or foregoing a transfer fee as a make good. No one else is going to pay that guy over 300k a week. Nobody is going to pay 200k a week for Miki and we may be in a similar situation there.
My guess (and it's only that) is that there are a number of "internal solutions" to replace the numerous gaping holes in the lineup and that the signings we do make are in the 10-20 million per region. In May, we should all make a guess at what our net spend for the summer is going to be and see who gets it right.
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