RoadrunnerReloaded
Active Member
Squad cost - does it mean we can't compete for the title?
Of course not. Chelsea and Leicester have already proven that proposition incorrect. If squad cost was that important the two Manchester clubs would be 1st and 2nd the last three years.
Matters even less in Europe when you look at how well Monaco, Dortmund, Atletico even Juventus had lower squad cost than us.
Does anyone really care about it?
Does discussion about it keep derailing other threads?
Probably it does derail intelligent discussion as it reduces everything to the most banal common denominator obfuscating deeper topics regarding tactics, overall club management, opportunity cost of contract extensions, analysis of efficiency and many other factors.