Premier League 2021-22

[imtommygunn]

Yeah he'd have to have had. It would just make you a bit nervous particularly if you were in his family or whatever.

[Milltown Row2]

Yeah he'd have to have had. It would just make you a bit nervous particularly if you were in his family or whatever.

I think there is another player playing with similar device

[lurganblue]

Yeah he'd have to have had. It would just make you a bit nervous particularly if you were in his family or whatever.

I think there is another player playing with similar device

Daley Blind

[Captain Obvious]

Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Watford after just three months in charge

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Though this does mean Woys comin back 😎

[Captain Obvious]

Though this does mean Woys comin back 😎

He's back. Roy Hodgson has been announced as Watford's new head coach.

[laoislad]

All the big teams through to next round of the FA Cup. No major shocks this round. Kidderminster came the closest to a shock win.

[Tony Baloney]

All the big teams through to next round of the FA Cup. No major shocks this round. Kidderminster came the closest to a shock win.

And United.

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

All the big teams through to next round of the FA Cup. No major shocks this round. Kidderminster came the closest to a shock win.

And United.

they were playing west ham united   

[Hound]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

[shark]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

Those figures are dwarfed by their wage bills though. And that's where the real discrepancies lie when comparing the largest clubs to those behind them. It's also the most accurate indicator of expected success. Villa's wage bill is the 11th highest in the league - which is where they finished last season.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/payroll/

[trileacman]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

PSG isnt really that bad considered almost 1/4 of the bill is one man.

[screenexile]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

That can't be right because Man Ure aren't like those other clubs who spend too much money on their teams... 🤔🤔

[Tony Baloney]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

That can't be right because Man Ure aren't like those other clubs who spend too much money on their teams... 🤔🤔

Definitely not. Sure they're a traditional club, totally unlike their oil-rich neighbours buying trophies 

[thewobbler]

Study by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory on net spend on transfers from 2012.

1. Manchester United €1.075bn (€1.545bn on transfers, less €470m back in player sales)
2. Manchester City €984m (€1.699bn - €715m)
3. Paris St Germain €941m
4. Barcelona €650m
5. Arsenal €583m
6. Juventus €561m
7. AC Milan €432m
8. Everton €429m
9. Aston Villa €424m
10. Chelsea €413m

No surprise that England has 6 in the Top Ten (England have 14 in the top 20). Liverpool are 14th €347m. Real and At Madrid have both spent over a billion in the time period, but got back over €900m each in transfer fees received. 
I knew Arsenal and Everton had wasted hundred of millions on shite players, but hadn't expected to see Villa on the list.

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/

Those figures are dwarfed by their wage bills though. And that's where the real discrepancies lie when comparing the largest clubs to those behind them. It's also the most accurate indicator of expected success. Villa's wage bill is the 11th highest in the league - which is where they finished last season.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/payroll/

Absolutely right.

Some football fans use net spend as a badge of honour that their beloved club is doing it in a more saintly way. As a principle it fully ignores that free transfers and final-year-of-contract transfers just mean are the new normal, and just tilt their outlandish expenditure into players' pockets instead of those of other clubs.

And that's before ignoring the fact that one major inbound or outbound just outside their massaged time window for net spend, can skew everything,

But one thing that's for sure though, is that Manchester United's recruitment policy over the past decade has been abysmal. Even their most ardent follower can't ignore all that black and white.