We came in for an inordinate amount of criticism and even derision when we began to spend big, and our new players were publicly castigated for being mercenaries.
Historically, we've always been a big club, and domestically few can match our support. We play in arguably the strongest, most competitive league in the world - the envy of the rest of Europe.
So can someone please explain to me how, besides the money, we have anything in common with PSG? How PSG aren't subjected to the same abuse that we're used to?
PSG are a competitive club in Europe's 4th or 5th best league.
What motives, besides money, does one of football's most highly rated defenders have in a move to PSG?
Thiago Silva could theoretically play for any of Europe's top clubs, he currently plays for one of them no less.
I know I'm open to claims of hypocrisy, but I'm baffled by this transfer, I really just don't get it, there is no logic to it. If Thiago Silva moves to PSG he'll be demonstrating an astonishing lack of professional ambition.