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

[Marvin]

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

For you maybe but it undercuts Utd fans' argument.

 

[kippaxneil]

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

Didn't they (amazingly) get £73m for Lukaku?..which season's figures is that included in?

 

[Marvin]

Didn't they (amazingly) get £73m for Lukaku?..which season's figures is that included in?

Transfermarkt value the sale at £58.50m and it's in the £64.78m sales for 2019/20 for Man Utd.

Transfermarkt seem to just use the the initial transfer value so they had the cost to Man Utd as £76m whereas we know it was £90m. I just quoted their data. I have not bothered to amend any data even though some might be questionable.

 

[Mr.Banks]

You only get a good net spend if you are a selling club like Scouse and spuds. We do not sell our best players. I would suggest the best way to work it all out is spend vs current worth, reckon we would piss all over most clubs.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Not really bothered, but as part of City Bingo, our Gross spend is usually compared with Liverpool's Net Spend.

In other words, we can factor Coutinho, but not Aaron Mooy or Angus Gunn

 

[Trojan63]

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

No club is self sufficient - selling tickets pies and replica shirts doesn’t finance £80 million transfer fees and 400 grand a week wages - not even the rags - they have a £750 million sponsorship deal which is no different to the way City are financed - it’s called outside investment - just like the massive amount of tv money clubs receive every year - none of it is “self generated”

 

[nmc]

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

Just goes to show how right Jamie Carragher is when he points out what a great job Klopp has done to rebuild Liverpool without spending any money.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

I don't think it will happen. Benfica want 80 million euros for Fernandes and United are far too canny than to spend money like that on some useless lump! Unless you know different.

 

[Goater=Legend]

But ours is from dirty oil money....

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

I don't think it will happen. Benfica want 80 million euros for Fernandes and United are far too canny than to spend money like that on some useless lump! Unless you know different.

Personally I think he is actually a very good player - probably the best player in the Portuguese league

He is a goals/assists machine - United will soon put a stop to that if he joins them

United and canny are not words you normally hear in the same sentence nowadays