Benitez spending ?

[Lerpwl]

Rafa keeps going on about not being able to compete with the amount other clubs spend or about to spend ,but he has spent around £130 million since he arrived Now with the players he inherited (I know not many were world beaters but dont forget Carra Sammi Stevie Finnan risse Harry are all very much in the first team frame) do you think that this should have been enough to challenge ? and is it actually that little of an amount ? Has he spent badly ? Or is it he needs more money cos he rotates everyone ?

I think ke has had enough to make us challenge consistently until the business end of the season at least.

Enough of this lets go and beat Luton in a bit !! YNWA

[tommyg]

130m? are you talking about the senior squad or reserves and academy included? i think his feeling is that he should have big money to spend on the big players, along with purchasing young prospects

[Lerpwl]

Senior squad , but should it be enough to be challenging at the moment though ?

[AFII]

I think Rafa has spent around £70m net so far.

Man U spent around that last summer.

[ivan]

Actually, Mancs net spending this year was slightly higher then ours. There is a thread on RAWK about it. What I and many didn't know is that they sold four players this year (Heince, Richardson,Smith and Rossi) which makes about 24-26 milion.For such ****e players that's a hell of the money.

[sonsofthedesert]

I think Rafa has spent around £70m net so far.

Man U spent around that last summer.

That was what they were saying on Sunday supplement today. When you consider the same period at utd and chavs it is scary. We are no where near them in spending.

[ivan]

Benitez net spendings are about 70-80 million so far, that's correct. Mancs net spending this year was around 30 million, not 70. We are not behind them because of the transfer dealings for this or last year. It's previous years when they spent much more then us ( Rio, Rooney,Veron,Ruud....)

[bazza76]

Rafa keeps going on about not being able to compete with the amount other clubs spend or about to spend ,but he has spent around £130 million since he arrived Now with the players he inherited (I know not many were world beaters but dont forget Carra Sammi Stevie Finnan risse Harry are all very much in the first team frame) do you think that this should have been enough to challenge ? and is it actually that little of an amount ? Has he spent badly ? Or is it he needs more money cos he rotates everyone ?

I think ke has had enough to make us challenge consistently until the business end of the season at least.

Enough of this lets go and beat Luton in a bit !! YNWA

what about money Rafa has brought in from sales?

[bazza76]

Benitez net spendings are about 70-80 million so far, that's correct. Mancs net spending this year was around 30 million, not 70. We are not behind them because of the transfer dealings for this or last year. It's previous years when they spent much more then us ( Rio, Rooney,Veron,Ruud....)

ehh, Teves, Anderson, Nanni and Hargreaves. We did not spend that much.
What did the mancs sell in the summer to make this lot be worth £30m?

[Craig_H]

130m? are you talking about the senior squad or reserves and academy included? i think his feeling is that he should have big money to spend on the big players, along with purchasing young prospects

Do only senior squad players cost money then?

[sonsofthedesert]

Benitez net spendings are about 70-80 million so far, that's correct. Mancs net spending this year was around 30 million, not 70. We are not behind them because of the transfer dealings for this or last year. It's previous years when they spent much more then us ( Rio, Rooney,Veron,Ruud....)

Yeah, that spending yar in year out has meant they have a stronger squad than us and more £20m+ players. It will take us years to catch up if they stand still, but they are spending more.

[ivan]

ehh, Teves, Anderson, Nanni and Hargreaves. We did not spend that much.
What did the mancs sell in the summer to make this lot be worth £30m?

Nani and Anderson- 35m
Hargreavs-18m
Tevez-5m loan deal for this year, when they pay 20m for him it will be for that year
35+18+5=58m
Sold:
Richardson 5.5
Heince 7.5
Smith 6
Rossi 7
That's 26m
58-26=32million net spent

[bazza76]

Nani and Anderson- 35m
Hargreavs-18m
Tevez-5m loan deal for this year, when they pay 20m for him it will be for that year
35+18+5=58m
Sold:
Richardson 5.5
Heince 7.5
Smith 6
Rossi 7
That's 26m
58-26=32million net spent

I was under the impression that the Tevez deal was a straight buy, I guess I was wrong then.

[Craig_H]

Nani and Anderson- 35m
Hargreavs-18m
Tevez-5m loan deal for this year, when they pay 20m for him it will be for that year
35+18+5=58m
Sold:
Richardson 5.5
Heince 7.5
Smith 6
Rossi 7
That's 26m
58-26=32million net spent

If every clause is met, they'll pay £18m for Nani and £12m for Anderson.

As things stand now, they've paid about £20m for the pair.

And same goes for Hargreaves, they wont pay £18m unless every clause in the deal is triggered.

[Rhys]

If every clause is met, they'll pay £18m for Nani and £12m for Anderson.

As things stand now, they've paid about £20m for the pair.

And same goes for Hargreaves, they wont pay £18m unless every clause in the deal is triggered.

other way round i think for these two, it was a reported 17mil for anderson and 14 mil for nani

also if you count how much weve paid for players i doubt it was in one big chunk, like the 11.5 babel or 6 mil agger will be paid over time.