Yes.
I know.
Anyone would think that the media were on some type of commission, the amount of times they've mentioned your net spend.
You do realise other clubs sell players too? In fact that academy of MCFC that the same media journalists once delighted in taking the piss out of, makes more money selling players than any other academy in top flight football.
MCFC's annual profits are also amongst the highest in the UK and across Europe too.
We could go on sparring like this all week. The point I'm making is that every football club in the land spends money on players.
What annoys me is that when clubs like yours, the rags and Arsenal spend big you've got the Press and the broadcasting media justifying it. They also go to painstaking lengths to explain it to their readers and viewers almost in an attempt to placate them for some reason.
However, when MCFC spend money, their tone changes significantly. The media report on this in a very moralistic way and those same readers and viewers are shown the vulgar side of football, with plenty of innuendo mixed in and a reminder of the 115 charges.
Whether you, your fans and the media want to admit it or not MCFC is a self-sustaining football club and we have been for a great number of years now.