I still genuinely don't understand why with all our recent success, fantastic commercial deals that Sorriano and co have negotiated and money from Sky, etc that we can't outspend those fucking wankers every time.
If the best manager we'll ever have wants a player, he should be given the funds. Ffs we're not exactly skint are we. What's another £20m? We'd make it back and then some if we win the title again plus the CL this season. You have to be ambitious and keep your enemies down from a position of strength.