CityInWashingtonState
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Under Pep City have spent conservatively on individual players. We might spend a lot in a window, but spread over many players. We're unlikely to make huge expenditures on known but over valued talent - rather, we'll spend the market value (more or less - probably prices are a bit inflated just due to the fact that we're in the PL and are a club that can afford to spend) on young talent with lots of upside potential. A large part of our success is due to our ability to identify such players.
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If you're a club that cannot or will not match our spending, you'll complain about it - often inaccurately blaming us for player price inflation. Whereas PSG especially, Barca, Liverpool, RM and United have spent record sums on individual players in recent years.
Which... IMO, is fine. So long as such expenditures are legal, then if you're a competing side, you'll need to cope with it as best you can. Bitching about your inability to spend doesn't cut it - but it's expedient to do so (creating an excuse for failure and voicing a message popular with fans), and is thus, rather more expected than not.
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If you're a club that cannot or will not match our spending, you'll complain about it - often inaccurately blaming us for player price inflation. Whereas PSG especially, Barca, Liverpool, RM and United have spent record sums on individual players in recent years.
Which... IMO, is fine. So long as such expenditures are legal, then if you're a competing side, you'll need to cope with it as best you can. Bitching about your inability to spend doesn't cut it - but it's expedient to do so (creating an excuse for failure and voicing a message popular with fans), and is thus, rather more expected than not.
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