Deadlyft_Chaps

We are not going to be owned by an oligarch mobster accused of a spectrum of crimes including rape. Personally didn't enjoy validating Usmanov.

I assume this also means Sir Chips 'we don't answer to plebs like you' Keswick is gone?

Prompted by the recent bit on Pep.

I keep seeing that we want to bring in readymade superstar managers. We want whomever is leading Napoli to a Seria A, or the Barcelona manager, or the Real manager. Jardim plz. I've seen people crying out for the manager who is currently successful in his current setup. What is driving this and does that stand up to scrutiny?

For reference:

Guardiola - 1 year experience Barcelona B team, goes straight into Barcelona as manager.

Mourinho - years as an assistant, 12 months management experience prior to Porto where he wins the champions league.

Pochettino - 3 years in Argentina, 12 months at Southampton before Spurs.

Zidane - .... Still stumped how he

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/01/neymar-transfer-barcelona-soft-power-asian-governments

So, let's have a quick reality check. Recent quotes from Wenger are around the cost of players, the bids we did or did not submit, and concern over the ability of states to spend money on football, on what is or isn't too much for a player and so on.

I've lost count of the number of times I have seen people say "well we should just have submitted £100m at the start of summer" or "if he becomes the next pele, it will be worth it". This seems ludicrous.

What is the price wo