I was saying exactly the same thing the other day. Like it or not, the fact is from the minute Roman started refusing to hand over money, we've stopped challenging on the same level we used to. We might be competing, but our lack of trophies goes hand in hand with our lack of spending imo. Every side needs to freshen up as time passes, we have never added enough to our championship winning side to sustain the level we were playing at and Fergie was right unfortunately, it is hard to see what else the side we've got has got to give.
Meanwhile, the Russian continues to refuse his manager's money, whilst he's happy to shell out £3.4million for Hiddink's wages. WTF is that about?