What do you mean, ManU’s squad is clearly much better on both operating expense and capital cost? I hear Garnacho alone is worth £75M
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They wouldn’t turn over for Antiques Roadshow.
United fans have gone from saying that theirs is a Europa league squad to now saying this squad of theirs is good enough to reach top 10.
Reality does take a while to set in for those lot though.
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Let’s see how well he does first to be honest.
Like he can’t be much worse than anything Man Utd signed but it would concern me if Man Utd were interested in a player at this point.
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Yeah, assuming that was in the summer, the lad would have had about 10 French league games to his belt on top of his French 3rd division experience and Belrussian league games. Even if he turns out to be a decent signing for City doesnt mean he was ready for Utd
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City might well have scouted people a fair bit.
But the fact that they haven’t gone in for known names probably means that they are under the cush in terms of FFP.
Marmoush might well be a known name but he’s not coming in demanding upwards of 250k a week.
They have just spent 150m in a week.
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That can be offset by the fact that they’ve sold Alvarez over this summer.
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I’m not sure how to read Man City’s transfer activity. Is it a sign that they are getting away with it, or that it will be a minor slap on the wrist?
Or is it a sign that they are going to get punished more harshly, and so they are doing a bit of shopping now, on players who might stay with them a while, as they look to build it up again for another cycle after the punishment hits?
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Taking my response to the appropriate thread…
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ManC’s net transfer spend over the previous nine transfer windows has averaged €33 million per annum, by far the lowest of the Big Six. We are second lowest at €60 million. Chelsea is the highest at €193 million. ManU is second at €130 million.
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Really does feel like a fair bit is hidden here.
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I wont rule out fuckery, but I think the two big issues that explain a lot of it are 1) once Pep found his squad he really hasnt turned it over very much, and 2) they are now in the second phase of the abramovic model where the initial ill begotten funds are fueling a good amount of their business. When you raise 100m a summer from kids and fringe players it is difficult to find yourself in a position where your net spend is that high.
They are now the equivalent of Tony Soprano having a $1m a year income from his legit waste management company
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To be fair they haven’t made many transfers for some years.
Just the odd one or two.
Imagine the scenes when United have to find themselves playing two extra matches to qualify for the last 16 in the fucking Europa league.
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Turkish???
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Pre Euro, the Italians used lire - it was converted at about 2000 lire to 1 Euro
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Didn’t know Turkish Lira has recovered to 37=1 Euro. Maybe, United can turnaround too 
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