Utd's net transfer spending about to surpass Pep's City.

[Marvin]

Critics of Manchester City often argue that Manchester City's /Pep's success should be benchmarked against our transfer spend. So with Man Utd about to spend £60m on Bruno Fenrnandes let's see how City and Utd's transfer spending compare before this transfer.

Source: Transfermkt.co.uk

Main figures are under Manchester City and Mancheter Utd, Compettion Premier League
Adjustments for Competitions Premier League U18 and U23

I cannot guarantee I have not made any typos. So please check the data if you wish to reproduce.

£m
City_______Bought_______Sold
2019/20___151.20________62.10
2018/19___70.73_________48.69
2017/18___285.75________82.22
2016/17___192.15________31.82

Net: 475
Adjust for players U18 and U23 : -20
Total: 455

Utd_______Bought_______Sold
2019/20___143.10________64.78
2018/19___74.43_________27.50
2017/18___178.56________40.95
2016/17___166.50________42.53

Net: 386.83
Adjust for players U18 and U23: 8
Total: 395

So Utd's net transfer spend will match Man City's if they spend £60m on Bruno Fernandes

 

[dickie davies]

Any club can spend any amount, so it's all a bit "not bothered " to me
But when you look at United's spending and ours, the squads are poles apart in quality

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Meh it'll be hidden behind it being their own money that's been earned honestly and not oil money.

 

[blueinsa]

Rubbish.

Every single player has come through the academy.

 

[sir baconface]

We know united are shit and have grossly overspent. Any comparative stats v dippers?

 

[willipp]

Honestly couldn't care less about ours or anyone elses net spend. I just see it as a stat dippers normally roll out to justify them being shit in the past.

 

[MillisleBlue]

 

[IOWBlue]

Others teams "plastics" are not interested in what weve sold, just what weve spent. In that regard we are still 130 million in front of them, so it wont shut them up. Just ignore them is best.

 

[Ban-jani]

The narrative is they are a young and transitioning team, plucky underdogs if you will, when in reality they’re just fucking hopeless and their signings are that bad, they’ve had to play shitter youth products.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Transfer spend, even on a net basis, is old money.

Total cost of the playing squad including transfers and wages is the true measure of what is going on and who is throwing cash about.