I think the thread starter missed a very important point here... Fergie is given a budget of $25m per season. Last season, they didn't use it cos the money spent on Carrick was generated by selling Rvn and thanks to Chelsea a John guy for a combine sum of $22.5m ($10.5 +$12).
Carrick cost $14m and will only reach $18.6 should Man u continue to win the EPL title and in Europe too over the duration of his present contract. Taking all this into account, United actually didn't use a cent from their last season's budget.
Profits from sales $22.5 - highest possible at $18.6 and a reserve keeper at $2.5... United still had a surplus of $1.4m and this also does not take into account that they sold some youth players too for a few hundred thousands...
So if it was base on this simple count, United actually will have $50+ millions for next season as they will have 2 seasons budgets... and also not taking into account the players they may sell during this transfer window.
The thread starter also fail to realise that while Chelsea reported a $80m lost recently and a $140m lost the year before, United still manage to post a high net profit gain during these periods... The Chelsea owner may be very rich but the United owners are not. The money spent must be earn from the sport itself just like the new Pool owners will do too and not some oil well in Russia. So in both cases there is a big difference... If you have work hard and earn from it, then no one can say you don't deserve it.
And if the Thread starter's intention is to count his chickens before his eggs again... He better pray that he won't have to eat humble pie like that Newcastle event...
Anyway, just for the TS info... no offence to all the other chelsea fans... The combine amount united spent for last season and the coming one is still much lesser than the $83 million chelsea spent just last season alone... or the $56m in 2005 and the $74m in 2004... TS, give it a thought before you start shooting your mouth again...
