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[Bedfordspurs]

looking at a wage budget gives you a more rounded view of the squad as a whole than transfer budgets as they take in all the players in the squad, put together over a number of years, rather than a select small group of players bought in during one window.

We have had a net spend of zero, Or thereabouts, for the last few years and the 6th highest wage budget - which one of those gives a more accurate indicator of our aims for the season(s) ahead?

Well a team trying to step up would have an increase in both. Were only trying to climb one place dont forget... so arguable our step change required is less than say everton who are trying to climb 3 places from last season

 

[SteveAWOL]

I’d love to see that plotted out

I’m guessing that net spend may be the number you mean but I’d love to see that data

I don't have it handy where I can post, but look at the beginning of chapter 2 of the book Soccernomics.

FWIW...

Title winners (wage bill ranking) [net tranfer spend ranking]

2001: ManU (2nd with £50m) [19th at -£8m]
2002: ARSEnal (2nd with £62m) [8th at £11m]
2003: ManU (1st with £80m) [2nd at £27m]
2004: ARSEnal (3rd with £70m) [2nd at £17m]
2005: Chelsea (1st with £109m) [1st at £47m]
2006: Chelsea (1st with £114m) [1st at £91m]
2007: ManU (2nd with £92m) [14th at £4m)
2008: ManU (2nd with £121m) [5th at £27m]
2009: ManU (2nd with £123m) [3rd at £34m]
2010: Chelsea (1st with £173m) [3rd at £18m]
2011: ManU (3rd with £153m) [6th at £14m]
2012: Emirates Marketing Project (1st with £202m) [2nd at £48m]
2013: ManU (2nd with £181m) [6th at £51m]
2014: Emirates Marketing Project (3rd with £205m) [1st at £90m]
2015: Chelsea (1st with £216m) [18th at -£8m]
2016: Leicester (14th with £80m) [7th at £29m]
2017: Chelsea (? with TBA) [12th at £21m]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...pending-from-the-200001-season-to-201112.html

looking at a wage budget gives you a more rounded view of the squad as a whole than transfer budgets as they take in all the players in the squad, put together over a number of years, rather than a select small group of players bought in during one window.

We have had a net spend of zero, Or thereabouts, for the last few years and the 6th highest wage budget - which one of those gives a more accurate indicator of our aims for the season(s) ahead?

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/latest-news/wages-vs-points-scaled-tables