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Be honest, are you really saying that you don't see an obvious difference between last seasons spending compared to this summers(so far) and the 2 seasons before last?

Yes, of course agreed, you've basically added dates and detail to the point I was making originally, which in brief is that it costs money to operate a football team, it costs even more if you want to sit at the top table. We shouldn't be surprised that the costs increase.

I think you've thoroughly misunderstood where SB was going with this thread.

We all know wages have to be taken into account, the point I was making is that when you make a black and white comparison of transfer fees received and transfer fees spent it's easy to understand why some people take a dim view of last years dealings.

When you compare it to the £14m received for players sold, spending around £3/4m will always appear to be a little lacking.

He was talking about Hyppia's season, why mention Oscar? Also, I'm sure it's been mentioned about a bazillion times now but you seem to ignore it, but I'm willing to say it again, the cost of football is increasing every season and as a result it's likely that the clubs expenses will rise...