JT's Boots, so how many players on those wages should United have on the books at one time? Should we just ignore the good business practices (salaries no more than 50% of turnover) that have stood us in such good stead over an extended period?
Paying that scale of fee was a rare thing for us. City have paid that sort of transfer fee no less than ten times in three seasons. They showed with our target Nasri and others that they are willing to pay whatever it takes, to outbid any other club, to secure their targets. It would be negligent for United to conduct it's business in that way and so wherever possible we should select alternative targets to City and secure our targets as quickly as possible.
Paying that scale of fee was a rare thing for us. City have paid that sort of transfer fee no less than ten times in three seasons. They showed with our target Nasri and others that they are willing to pay whatever it takes, to outbid any other club, to secure their targets. It would be negligent for United to conduct it's business in that way and so wherever possible we should select alternative targets to City and secure our targets as quickly as possible.