Hicks to spend "big"

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also take into account our wage bill must be huge compared with the old dumb and dumber pair

Be interesting to know as in the first few seasons Rafa was tasked with reducing the wage bill. Which is another one of the factors people tend to forget when assessing how well he has done building the team.

Yes the wages will also certainly come into it, and should also be considered in analysis of the clubs finances.

Just out of curiosity does anyone have any links to previous annual reports which might give details of the total wage bill? (I seem to remember seeing these type of things floating around at various points). It would be interesting to see how things have changed in this period.

[Armchairkopite]

Saying the all the right things, its just such a pity that hes a lying cunt.

[RedSince1964]

Saying the all the right things, its just such a pity that hes a lying cunt.

Bull****ter of the highest order

[Kenneth]

Leave Hicks alone

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I think whatever happens it will make sense to invest again in the playing squad this summer - not sure whether 'big' will be big in the terms of what people want but I would expect us to revert to spend approximately £15m-£20m nett. Although if we do really big business I suspect that part of it will be the sale of Mascherano.

It's a sad reflection of the recent investment in new players that allowing us a positive net spend in the summer could be deemed 'spending big'

[sambirken]

To be honest, I expected to see something like this. Everytime the **** hits the fan, he comes out with something like this.

He thinks it will distract and pacify the supporters for a while (which it usually does), give us some hope and then when we don't spend anything, he'll just come up with another excuse.

[danwms]

It was Hick's PR people who sent that email anyway

[Spionkop69]

"The summer window will be big." Doesnt necessarily mean we'll spend big!

[Vermilion]

Well this is the second or maybe third statement of intent for the coming months/year, the promise of new investment that needed only a couple or three
months to pull it all together/complete, the commencement of the Stadium build will take place in earnest soon enough, so they say, and now this, a big summer spend on players, so lots and lots to look forward too eh.

[Guest]

Surely, by spending 'big' he meant buying 'big' players no?

[Vermilion]

Surely, by spending 'big' he meant buying 'big' players no?

A "big summer" can be interperated in many ways, big player ?, big spend ?, they sort of go hand in hand anyway.

[Guest]

A "big summer" can be interperated in many ways.

I always 'grow it big' in the summer, as opposed to a 'tiny winter'.

[Vermilion]

I always 'grow it big' in the summer, as opposed to a 'tiny winter'.

Always the best way, grow 'it' big enough in summer and 'it'll' see you through the winter.

[johnp]

"The summer window will be big." Doesnt necessarily mean we'll spend big!

Exactly. He just said that the January market is poor (and he's not wrong) and that the summer market will be big. Nothing to do with how much we'll spend

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A "big summer" can be interperated in many ways, big player ?, big spend ?, they sort of go hand in hand anyway.

Maybe they're selling up

That would be a big summer!!