Rs7, I completely get where you’re coming from mate.
It’s not a case (for the sake of it) to be chucking 40 miliion here there and everywhere, but when we put together a fulcrum of good quality players, we just succumb to the advances of Real and Barca.
That’s the fundamental factor that pulls our squad apart totally and the Club Manager is then on the brunt of it. He then gets the push and somebody new is brought in.
That’s predominantly been our cycle down the years. We bring in players that have the potential to be top like the examples of Masher and Alonso, but we don’t keep hold of them.
Plus those players too don’t see us sign the better players to play with them, so they see it as the club showing no ambition and that sort of helps in them decided whether they should stay or go.
I’d like to see the owners make a statement with Phillipe for example, though ultimately, I do get that no player is bigger than the club as we found with Suarez. More investment and harvest needed in our academy; that is something that is in genuine need of addressing.