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Originally Posted by Dagger
Ronaldo's transfer skews Ferguson's net spend by 68MP. That highly skews it. Alonso's doesn't on the other hand.
But up until 2008/2009 when Ronaldo was there, what do you think the net spend looked like?
Money is the reason, and if you want to be ignorant to that fact then you can. But right now we are seeing what an average manager can do with the squad compared to one of the world's best.
He's not spent poorly. List his bad transfers. Keane was a Parry buy, Morientes and Pennant were poor granted, but almost everyone else he's made a profit on or has played well and consistently for the club.
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HAHA. Wait. So Ferguson buys a quality young player, develops him into a superstar, and in turn sells him at the start of his prime for 80MP to a willing buyer...Yet you want to discount 68MP of that for no apparent reason? I can't even respond to that logic.
Money clearly isn't the reason as shown by hard numbers. It doesn't even matter who has spent the most really. Fact is Liverpool under Benitez spent a huge amount and failed to produce results recently. Go ahead and tell us all that the only reason Liverpool finished behind Tottenham, Arsenal, and freaking Aston Villa last season is money.