Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
Newcastle is owned by the richest person in the world, spending a billion dollars for the team wouldn't even be noticed on his bank account, and yet they are still being careful because they know that if they just spend the money nilly willy, then they are not going to get anything good anyways. Sure City spent a lot too, but not as much as United, and they are doing much better, so it proves that money means something but its not the full thing and we should be considering how to get better result with time and grow the team. United spent a lot, but they got terrible players who worth much less now, they are spending a lot because they are overpaying the players.
But then, Newcastle United has won nothing in the last two seasons and this would be the third season for Eddie Howe. It's weird to see that football fans are not saying nothing about his incompetency despite all of the funds they have spent for the past two seasons. Putting much focus on Manchester United who has won two trophies in the last two seasons cracks me really. Manchester City are on another level. It'll take a whole lot to bring them down. The process of change and growth takes time, Manchester United fanbase are tiring and are without patience, yes they're serial winners from the past, but they should know all good things takes time and most things that last, has a slow start.
This statistical table is interesting to me. You have to look at where Brighton and Ipswich get all this money from and what they get in return. There is no direct correlation between money spent and success. At least for many teams. The fact is that without spending money you have no chance of winning anything. So spending money is not guaranteed to bring success, but not spending money is guaranteed not to bring success.
Looking at the table, Napoli should be in a much better position in Serie A and Lyon in Ligue 1. We are already used to the Arab clubs spending money, and West Ham and Tottenham seem to be the clubs in the Premier League that spend a lot and don't get what they should.
Maybe it would have made more sense to spend money on the infrastructure to develop young talents instead of paying so much for players.