DJ_Markstar
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Player:Martinelli
We weren’t this well funded compared to our rivals ever bro in my memory. Yes early Wenger we bought some expensive players like Overmars and Henry. But even then we were way behind United.
We have had two windows more broadly where we spent more than anyone else in Europe for that window. I can’t remember a single window where we were the biggest spenders in Europe under Wenger. Always the big Italian clubs or two Spanish giants had bigger purse strings. Remember the super team Inter created with Baggio and Ronaldo? None of the Italian clubs can pull one transfer like that now.
The point I was making is that we were basically the second-best-funded team in the country in the late 90s in terms of our ability to spend on individual players, United were way ahead and no one said anything about them buying Rio for £30m in 2001 which was a mental fee back then, equivalent to £100m+ now, or Rooney who went for £25m+ in 2004.
Nowadays we spend less than United, Chelsea, City and at points Liverpool. Our spending is also on par or not that far ahead of the likes of Sp**s and Villa. To say we're comparatively better funded than at any point in our history is simply wrong and you don't even have to go that far in the past to see it.
I wasn't talking about European teams btw, but if you want to expand to Europe then yes we are probably comparatively better funded than the majority of top European teams compared to the 90s given the huge increase in PL revenue relative to other leagues.