Our spending

[Ihaters]

We have the 10th highest spending since 2003, which when you consider actually how much of that is generated by player sales shows how impressive our league finishes are.
Only mentioned it because I found this earlier on the BBC site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19416223 shows the top spend of clubs since 2003, have any below us in that table finished above us in the real table (excluding the two poor seasons)?

 

[Tubey]

We have the 10th highest spending since 2003, which when you consider actually how much of that is generated by player sales shows how impressive our league finishes are.
Only mentioned it because I found this earlier on the BBC site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19416223 shows the top spend of clubs since 2003, have any below us in that table finished above us in the real table? If so its a very rare event.

Everyone below us have been relegated at some stage or have came up, that's why they're below us as they've had fewer seasons in the league.

Distorted stats.

 

[bluerobert]

Jesus 414 million spent by Liverpool, with a champions league and FA cup to show for it. Don't get me wrong i would like to have won those but it shows you how unsustainable football has become. They probably made 60 million off winning both cups.

 

[Ihaters]

Everyone below us have been relegated at some stage or have came up, that's why they're below us as they've had fewer seasons in the league.

Distorted stats.

True but plenty such as West Ham, Borough, Stoke, Blackburn were in the Premiership when Moyes took over. West Ham finished a long way above us in the 2002-2003 season, have spent the same as Moyes and look at their decade.

 

[roydo]

Pretty illuminating that. Citeh must have spent their £400m in the last two years, I would guess. Makes absolutely no sense as a business does it though? Spend £400m and win apx £40m!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Don't worry chaps, Platini is on the case.

 

[Doolstar70]

That makes our performance look even better. Presumeably if they hadn't been relegated they would have spent more! We are on the edge of the band of clubs that do get relegated, yet we finish top half.

 

[Bagera]

Don't worry chaps, Platini is on the case.

He has been silent after PSG started spending

 

[Fellaini'sWIG]

Im predicting Stoke and West Hams will surpass ours depending on whether they stay up

 

[Allezfan]

There are also 5 sides currently in the lower leagues who have spend more money than us since then.

 

[Jozzy]

Just proves how good we have been with our money.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Gross spend is pretty meaningless tbh.

 

[Allezfan]

Gross spend is pretty meaningless tbh.

I disagree, I think it just means something different to net.

Net essentially shows the ammount of money for transfers invested by the board rather than generated from the footballing side. The fact that 15 sides have spent more net than us over the Moyes period tells a lot about the finances we've generated for our manager.

But no matter how the money is generated the ammount of money you spend is also important. Because that shows how much you've been able to actually spend on players, whether that money is generated by sales or by the board, is kind of irrelivent when you're looking at the current squad and judging it's quality.

So the fact that 14 teams have spent more gross than us over the moyes era tells us a a lot about how wisely we invested the money we earned by selling. Because they aren't 14 better squads than ours in england.

 

[steken1]

Just a further vindication of Moyes as an expert player spotter, perhaps even the equal of Arsene Wenger considering he has CL football and big wages to offer.

 

[carlos_the_jackal]

True but plenty such as West Ham, Borough, Stoke, Blackburn were in the Premiership when Moyes took over. West Ham finished a long way above us in the 2002-2003 season, have spent the same as Moyes and look at their decade.

Stoke weren't.