I know I have said it before, but it really isnt 'unlimited' spending at Shitty
could it be? yes, obviously, they have an ownership group that controls a trillion quid
but their all time biggest transfer is de Bruyne, at only £68m
they spend SMART money
they spent £89m net this summer, brought in two great players, and some lesser ones that they will sell for a good profit LB Angeliño (exercised a buy-back option) and RB Pedro Porro (who is only 19yo and may end up starting for them one day anyway)
all last year they bought one player of any import, Riyad Mahrez, only a total of £21m net spend
two years ago, YES, that was a one monster spend year
but they spent around the same (£205m net)
that PSG spent on ONE player (Neymar) and only a little more than PSG spent on another (Mbappe) Barca spent £275m on Coutinho and Demebele alone
look at what Shitty got that year (and they sold the last two already for a combined £12m pure profit)
the year before, they spent £160m net but again look at what they got and they made a combined £15m off selling just Rulli and Mooy
the year before
£126m net spend (and this is their last big truly big year)
but again, look at who they got and the prices paid
Sterling alone would go for more than that £126m, dont even get me started on KdB
for big year net spend comparisons
adjusted for inflation
in 2003-4 we spent £243m net
in 2004-5 £235m net