But that has been the philosophy of the club since Satan formed them: lavish spending on Hollywood-type superstar players (no matter about the style of play or the tactics, as long as he's a famous name we'll get the money back from the sale of replica shirts, gullible plastic supporters from the far east and the morons from London and the Home Counties).
Football is of secondary importance to that club, always has been and always will be. They are about commerce, they are about getting the slow-witted masses through the turnstyles so that they can be fleeced of every last penny they have. 'We lost 0-3 to Arsenal? Never mind, the souvenir shop sold out of ssshirts, photos, scarves and other assorted tat, so financially we are on a win-win basis.'