How much is "enough" money for transfers?

[theHotHead]

As others have mentioned all you have to do is look around the Premier League and see bargains aplenty !! Kante to Chelsea. Salah to Liverpool. Eriksen to Spurs. Mahrez would be sensible money, can't be bothered to dig out more.

£70m per season is a perfectly acceptable figure, we don't need to be chasing players that cost more, they are blown up hype players.

[gooney]

As others have mentioned all you have to do is look around the Premier League and see bargains aplenty !! Kante to Chelsea. Salah to Liverpool. Eriksen to Spurs. Mahrez would be sensible money, can't be bothered to dig out more.

£70m per season is a perfectly acceptable figure, we don't need to be chasing players that cost more, they are blown up hype players.

70 million to do what? Win the league....we are about 40 points behind the league winners. Some of u are so deluded

[Jedi]

I'd spend 150 mil solely on young talented players, the kind that teams like Dortmund and Monaco like to buy and groom into top players. Buy 5 or 6 of them, hope 3 or 4 come good. We need to rebuild, signing finished products like Aubameyang is expensive and inefficient.

Dortmund and Monaco win ef all.

Klopp's Dortmund won the league twice + played in a Champions League final after smashing Real Madrid in the semis. Monaco's very young team won the league and nearly managed to get to the CL final after losing to a very experienced Juventus team. Their problem is they are feeder clubs for Bayern/PSG and that's why they fell apart.

[indy23]

Title isn't our priority hence the 50 Million rumors.

[Lucky7]

Title isn't our priority hence the 50 Million rumors.

The rumors are just clickbait for views they don't know crap. I do agree with you regarding the priority though. We have a strong offensive core, but we are in a rebuilding phase. If we get CL perhaps that rebuilding will be accelerated by helping attract a stronger set of signings and perhaps a higher tier manager. The goal next season is top 4 though. We don't need a 60m GK to do that, but we do need investment in a number of positions.

Even if we signed Pep today with Man City budget I wouldn't favor us for the title. Any new manager will take time to implement their system and bring in the players to execute it properly.

[indy23]

Title isn't our priority hence the 50 Million rumors.

The rumors are just clickbait for views they don't know crap. I do agree with you regarding the priority though. We have a strong offensive core, but we are in a rebuilding phase. If we get CL perhaps that rebuilding will be accelerated by helping attract a stronger set of signings and perhaps a higher tier manager. The goal next season is top 4 though. We don't need a 60m GK to do that, but we do need investment in a number of positions.

Even if we signed Pep today with Man City budget I wouldn't favor us for the title. Any new manager will take time to implement their system and bring in the players to execute it properly.

Sorry I hope I'm wrong I'm just using our past experiences and it pretty much feels like our usual budget range unless we sell players like ox n trash for 40 mill. Only way we get more money is if we sell mustafi or. Lacazette. Laca being sold would put me in such a toxic mood.

[SuperJackyWilshere]

Title isn't our priority hence the 50 Million rumors.

The rumors are just clickbait for views they don't know crap. I do agree with you regarding the priority though. We have a strong offensive core, but we are in a rebuilding phase. If we get CL perhaps that rebuilding will be accelerated by helping attract a stronger set of signings and perhaps a higher tier manager. The goal next season is top 4 though. We don't need a 60m GK to do that, but we do need investment in a number of positions.

Even if we signed Pep today with Man City budget I wouldn't favor us for the title. Any new manager will take time to implement their system and bring in the players to execute it properly.

Sorry I hope I'm wrong I'm just using our past experiences and it pretty much feels like our usual budget range unless we sell players like ox n trash for 40 mill. Only way we get more money is if we sell mustafi or. Lacazette. Laca being sold would put me in such a toxic mood.

Like Lucky7 said, it's just made up.

[Lucky7]

Title isn't our priority hence the 50 Million rumors.

The rumors are just clickbait for views they don't know crap. I do agree with you regarding the priority though. We have a strong offensive core, but we are in a rebuilding phase. If we get CL perhaps that rebuilding will be accelerated by helping attract a stronger set of signings and perhaps a higher tier manager. The goal next season is top 4 though. We don't need a 60m GK to do that, but we do need investment in a number of positions.

Even if we signed Pep today with Man City budget I wouldn't favor us for the title. Any new manager will take time to implement their system and bring in the players to execute it properly.

Sorry I hope I'm wrong I'm just using our past experiences and it pretty much feels like our usual budget range unless we sell players like ox n trash for 40 mill. Only way we get more money is if we sell mustafi or. Lacazette. Laca being sold would put me in such a toxic mood.

Like Lucky7 said, it's just made up.

It is made up. However I don't believe that the number is all that far off. Someone else posted that SwissRamble had estimated a 70m budget + sales. I would bet we spend around 100-120m total.

[theHotHead]

As others have mentioned all you have to do is look around the Premier League and see bargains aplenty !! Kante to Chelsea. Salah to Liverpool. Eriksen to Spurs. Mahrez would be sensible money, can't be bothered to dig out more.

£70m per season is a perfectly acceptable figure, we don't need to be chasing players that cost more, they are blown up hype players.

70 million to do what? Win the league....we are about 40 points behind the league winners. Some of u are so deluded

After we get a squad able to compete - £70m per season is fine. I said nothing about £70m building a title winning squad you dufus!

[PairyGrows]

Our squad is in such a bizarre condition. Where we have quality, we have it aplenty; we've spent over £100 million on our strike force, and we have two highly paid play makers in our ranks. However, in some areas we are seriously lacking; for instance, we have no distinguished defensive midfielders nor wingers.

To balance the squad we'll need to start by moving players on. That means, in practice, selling one or two of Aubameyang, Ozil, Lacazette and Mkhitaryan. Our next priority should be moving on players who haven't been convincing (i.e. Xhaka, Mustafi, Iwobi, Chambers) or players who might not want to stay (i.e. Ramsey).

Then, and only then, we should dip into the transfer market. I think we'll need a goalkeeper, one or two centre backs, a defensive midfielder, a deep-lying play maker and two wingers. That, in my estimation, will cost us from £80 to £120 million even if we factor in the income from player sales.

So, I'm hoping the transfer budget is at least £80 million, preferably more. But in reality £50 and £70 million sound more plausible, which, unfortunately, means we won't be able to make adequate changes to our squad. Thus, I don't expect drastic improvement next season.

I'm just hoping I'm wrong.

[Marsbar100]

A CB, DM and fast wide player would do for this summer, if we do that we will have enough to at least give everyone a very competitive game

[UFGN]

A CB, DM and fast wide player would do for this summer, if we do that we will have enough to at least give everyone a very competitive game

Cech is crap now though

[Lucky7]

A CB, DM and fast wide player would do for this summer, if we do that we will have enough to at least give everyone a very competitive game

Cech is crap now though

Agreed. We need a replacement at GK. I am hoping for a decent outlay at this position but not Oblak or Donnarumma.

[UFGN]

A CB, DM and fast wide player would do for this summer, if we do that we will have enough to at least give everyone a very competitive game

Cech is crap now though

Agreed. We need a replacement at GK. I am hoping for a decent outlay at this position but not Oblak or Donnarumma.

Burnley have two keepers both better than ours

Actual fact

[Luzh 22]

I also think Butland is good, and achievable.

But that is by the by, back to topic, I think it is achievable to be competitive without spending the same amounts of cash as the oil clubs.