World Class Talent Needed..

[einar]

Last summer:
In:
Kuyt (£10m)
Pennant (£7m)
Bellamy (£6.5m)
Gonzalez (£2m)
Paletta (£1.5m)
Aurelio (free)

Out:
Pongolle, Carson, Le Tallec, Cisse all on loan.
Morientes (£3m - apparently)

That's £24m net. Hardly peanuts.

Not that I'm disagreeing with you re Rafas spending. He has gotten good value when selling players on, more so than Ged, but my point remains; I simply cannot see Hicks and Gillett sanctioning a net spend much bigger than last summers.

Why not?