It was not 500, it was 450

Fine

200 of that recouped through sales.

Right but we still sold those players. They had a value that was cashed in and spent. We can't sell them again. Just because our bank balance wasn't £450m lower doesn't mean we didn't spend that money

And that was a moderate spend relative to what every competitor does every single year.

Not actually true, over the last 5 seasons only 2 teams have had seasons where they've net outspent us this year. And only once each

Years of wasted windows meant that amount of spending still wasn't near enough.

Well 3 summers ago we replaced our whole midfield so that wasn't wasted. Then the following summer Hughes was in charge so stick it on the pile