Doesn't mean anything but I'll caveat this with these are new owners, I'll judge them on a first summer not first three weeks of the window (psr reset) only evidence we have us what they do and looking at first summer with Roma as a guide, where they certainly spent a lot - especially so for the Italian league.
One thing I will add is if we are gonna spend big which I believe we will do, it's in our interest to not overpay early in order to get a body in as that just sets the bar high for every further negotiation.
Both negotiating down the Alcaraz deal and doing the same for Barry rather than just paying the buyout - long term will ensure clubs don't take the piss in negotiations.
I can see us doing similar with both Luiz and Mcatee in fact - works as long as we have some the clubs intentions well enough to the player - which we seem to have done with Barry