Football’s most admired clubs – Barcelona, Manchester United and Arsenal – are particularly skeptical of transfers. Arsenal’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, says Arsenal doesn’t like buying players who will need to adjust, and who “might or might not be 5 or 10 per cent better than the players we have”. Arsenal had the lowest net transfer spend in the Premier League from 2006 through 2011. Manchester United’s net spend was lower than Stoke’s or Sunderland’s, according to data collated by transferleague.co.uk.
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Football’s most admired clubs – Barcelona, Manchester United and Arsenal – are particularly skeptical of transfers. Arsenal’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, says Arsenal doesn’t like buying players who will need to adjust, and who “might or might not be 5 or 10 per cent better than the players we have”. Arsenal had the lowest net transfer spend in the Premier League from 2006 through 2011. Manchester United’s net spend was lower than Stoke’s or Sunderland’s, according to data collated by transferleague.co.uk.