Originally posted by oliverpang:
man u fans, man u are NO BETTER. In the past, i tot they were doing well with their youth system. After selling the seniors, man u are starting to lose out. This is when they start to look to money. In comes rooney, park ji-sung, van der saar, ronaldo,etc. You know it yourselves.
And please boomba, is the most constructive thing you can say , suck this or suck that?
Before Man Utd had their famed class of '92(Beckham,Scholes, Butt, the Nevilles), they also had to recruit good players from other clubs e.g Roy Keane, Mark Hughes, Cantona, etc
The difference now is that because of inflation, transfer fees for players have risen through the roof. Ten years ago, a Wayne Rooney wouldn't have cost over 10 million pounds, especially given his youthfulness and (lack of) experience.
That's what makes people think they are spending a lot of money as compared to before. The truth is they are doing roughly the same thing they did many years ago.
Alongside Beckham, Scholes, Butt, Giggs and the Nevilles who came through the youth system, there was Jaap Stam, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, etc who were bought for record sums back then.