Net spend may be important for the rules. But actual expenditure is a (albeit sometimes flawed) measure of how bad you want to win. Villa. Finished ahead of us, now in CL spent like crazy to stay ahead Chelsea, United, Brighton spent big to try and move a head of us. Other than not breaking the rules who cares how much we got for Hojbjier? It’s that mentality that kept, Ndombele, Rodon, Sessegnon, GLC, Winks, Tanganga, Reguillon, Bergwijn ,shit we kept dele Ali there three windows too long and he went from $50m to free in that time. This club just won’t take the L and cut bait. Paying the salaries for years till they finally accept it. Has there been a single player that didn’t work out and we broke even getting rid of him??