Don't open that can of worms Bill. The whole net spend debate is going to flare up in 5 minutes.
The Man Utd data is completely distorted by the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo of course, add in the the £80M that Utd received for him and that data should become a little more relevant.

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so is this gonna be another rod with which to beat liverpool
go on .... just get it over with

United's new spend is offset by £80m for Ronaldo. They do eschew spending big as part of a club culture, but because Uncle Malcolm and sons are busy siphoning it off. Has any other team in this country even come close to paying £19m for a goalkeeper ?

Arsenal used to be big spenders, but in the glory era under Wenger preferred to have a large wage bill of cheap but good players from Europe.

Barcelona have pissed away a fortune, though have got good/lucky at spotting young talent of late.

Nett Spend 92 - 2011 Purchased Gross Sold Nett Per Season

1 Chelsea 744,440,000 228,475,000 515,965,000 25,798,250
2 Manchester City 649,180,000 166,053,000 483,127,000 24,156,350
3 Liverpool 552,205,000 325,970,000 226,235,000 11,311,750
4 Manchester United 483,150,000 305,840,000 177,310,000 8,865,500
5 Tottenham 412,050,000 236,717,500 175,332,500 8,766,625
6 Aston Villa 305,190,000 177,075,000 128,115,000 6,405,750
7 Newcastle 345,345,000 245,525,000 99,820,000 4,991,000
8 Sunderland 223,515,000 126,030,000 97,485,000 4,874,250
9 Fulham 149,781,000 58,095,000 91,686,000 4,584,300
10 Wolves 97,619,000 40,595,000 57,024,000 2,851,200
11 Everton 218,245,500 165,270,000 52,975,500 2,648,775
12 Bolton 130,970,000 79,670,000 51,300,000 2,565,000
13 Stoke City 79,615,000 30,630,000 48,985,000 2,449,250
14 West Bromwich Albion 105,280,000 66,167,501 39,112,499 1,955,625
15 Queens Park Rangers 51,547,500 22,404,000 29,143,500 1,457,175
16 Arsenal 341,090,000 319,474,000 21,616,000 1,080,800
17 Wigan 90,965,000 81,942,500 9,022,500 451,125
18 Swansea City 14,002,500 6,860,000 7,142,500 357,125
19 Blackburn Rovers 195,462,000 199,185,000 -3,723,000 -186,150
20 Norwich City 31,770,000 47,395,000 -15,625,000 -781,250

at least we are behind chelski and man city
the BIG spenders
without ronaldo's sale united would be on 12.8mn per year

look at everton pleading poverty with their £2.6mn spend every season tsk

and spurs shouldn't be getting away without a bit of a slagging off for their transfer spending they're not far behind the big 4 and what have they won ?

Arsenal have £50 million unspent. Bet Wenger wishes he had spent it on Torres.

Is side show Bob playing tonight? He's always good for a laugh

Arsenal have £50 million unspent. Bet Wenger wishes he had spent it on Torres.

or another 4 Theo Walcotts maybe.

Lucky you, Aix-en-Provence is a really beautiful town. I don't have any family in the south, if I did I would go all the time. They are mostly in Burgundy.

The village (La Roque d'Antheron) is just on the other side of the hills from Aix, in the Durance valley. Went back there for the first time in 20 years in 2006. Totally changed. There's a english speaking estate agent in the village, and boutiques etc. It's the Peter Mayle effect*, I believe.

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I didn't say that, Simon Kuper did, you fucking knob-jockey.

Good gif. Well timed. Quick, strong come back and appropriate use of "knob-jockey".

I call that one a draw.

Good gif. Well timed. Quick, strong come back and appropriate use of "knob-jockey".

I call that one a draw.

No one asked for your opinion, tosspot.

Doesn't matter. It was funny.

Fuck me you Arsenal fans are as tetchy as your manager lately.

Isn't this the "February fall to bits" that Arsene treats the fans to every year?

Fuck me you Arsenal fans are as tetchy as your manager lately.

Wenger's from Strasbourg, if only there were some Francophiles on this forum, to tell us how this may have shaped his upbringing.

If you're not careful, you and the Chelsea fans will go into a downward spiral of arguing back and forth how good you used to be, where it all went wrong, and talking optimistically of finishing 6th and getting into the Europa league.

My warning is, if you're not careful, you'll become Liverpool.

Wenger's from Strasbourg, if only there were some Francophiles on this forum, to tell us how this may have shaped his upbringing.

I am one, my knowledge is limited to the area near Bill's ancestors I'm afraid, so I cannot help.

Wenger's from Strasbourg, if only there were some Francophiles on this forum, to tell us how this may have shaped his upbringing.

It probably means that he is partial to a sausage or two, particularly if served with pickled cabbage, smart-arse.

This season could only get worse if we finish below Spuds.

Oh, wait...

I didn't think Wenger was a friend of Dorothy.

U mad, Bill?

It's a conspiracy. UEFA, the FA, David Cameron & the BBC are out to get us.