I read this article http://www.sportsdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/149232&mode=thread and it made me wonder if Manchester United can spend whatever they want to hire a squad.
200947
no there is no limit on wages at all or on the amount you can spend on buying players from other countries, the only limit is the funds your backer has thats why chelsea have got so good so quickly they have a russian billionaire as there owner who can spend as much money as they need and there wages are huge but its all small chips for him. most clubs have to balance the books and can only spend what they earn thats why you have such a difference between the rich clubs and poor clubs and why the same clubs win every year unlike alot of american sport
524590
So many of the answers in this question thing stink of bullshit. Am I the only one who picks up on the 'Man Yoo' thing?\n\nOld know all: United have 8 English players in their match squad. Compare this with Chelski and Arsenal. Technically it's 7 because Richardson's an empty shirt on a par with Silvestre.\nL F: Fuck off and get a DNA test before acting like an Eichmann.\nSUPASPURS: Surely you would want them to get dumped out of the competition ASAP? It hurts a hell of a lot more.\nAnyone that thinks United will walk over Celtic, particularly those comparing them to Southend: Say what you will about the Scottish league, like how shit it is. But look at Celtic's home record in Europe, only Barcelona have beat them.
81632
Find a Russian Billionaire that will buy you the best of the best.. Ill ask Roman if he has any friends that wana buy a good team..                      Yours John Terry
340963
...yep I like that...especially when the team is not doing so well they could look down at their top for inspiration...I think it would look good. good idea...England could use bigger stars, as they'd have less! lol (-:
209401
i think next season willbe the tightest for many years. as we all know chelsea can go out and buy whoever they want  and they will be the team to beat, especially if they do land Michael Ballack.  They need to land a top class striker as crespo and drogba are not cut out for the premiership.\nman united need to get  replacement for roy keane and also need to get the van nilsterooy situation sorted.  if they can buy someone who will strengthen the midfield and have a better combination up front with rooney then they will be hard to stop.  i don't know if they will sell van nilsterooy or just get him more settled.\nliverpool have improved a lot this season. getting over 70points in the premiership has been a long way off recently but this season rafa has the team playing well. if it had not been for that non scoring spell at the start of the season we would be up there now chasing chelsea and united.  obviously the defence is fantastic, it would be even better if we could find someone to take traore.  we need a winger, but then mark gonazalez has been doing fantastic in spain this season so hopefully his visa will be cleared this year.  and of course we need a prolific striker. fowler should stay but his days of scoring 25 goals a season are gone.  we need someone young and who has proven their talent already. darren bent maybe, or andy johnson if palace aren't promoted. \narsenal's young players really came to fruition in the second half of the season and they will have to dratically improve their away form next season if they are going to be up theree. if they manage ot hold on to henry then they will still need to bolster their midfield, especially as it appears pires is leaving. if henry leaves however, they will have a large sum of money to improve the squad. note i didn't say replace him, because a player of his skill and importance will never be replaced.\nso for next season it will be a close run thing. liverpool improved this year in having less stupid results against the minnows butin games against chelsea they suffered. that is the stumbling block for all the big teams, taking points off eachother but then taking nothing off chelsea. \nso to conclude........i think next season will depend on liverpool getting a top class striker. if they do then i think they will be the strongest contender to chelsea's title. bnt i expect chelsea to buy the title again.
626329
definitely...it's a scam....it never happened before because it is too ridiculous to be true..how can someone without international experience, without premier league football experience got selected before the eyes of some established players like defoe or derren bent?? no one in the world would do that. well, i think becoz eriksson knew that he wont be in the england squad after the world cup, so why not use his power as the national manager when he still has it? he probably have been bribed by arsenal or something. rem the fake sheikh incident?? it shows that eriksson is no good guy..and if he really think walcott is up to the game, he would have put him in the sweden's game. it's a conspiracy...\n\nto gary s down below, if u're annoyed and wonder why eriksson doesn't put walcott on the field, doesn't it means walcott was selected for the sake of being selected?? it's just a scam!!!
606206
YES we support Manchester United cant wait till August as I can watch every game on my computer plus smithy is back in September which has got to be a bonus. My only regret is I have never been to Old Trafford that would be a dream come true. but going back to your question I know  that their are quite a lot of supporters out there thanxs for two point`s
616468
I think it's a question of experience. Do you field a squad of young talent or a squad of more experienced players? It's a tough question. I haven't followed Nguyen's career too closely but Adu hasn't exactly lived up to the hype. He is a good player and he will undoubtledly be on our next WC squad but is he the great player everyone said he would be? I haven't seen it yet.\n\nAnd to be honest, I doubt that the addition of those two players would have helped that much in our first match. The whole team played rather poorly. You can have the greatest striker in the world on your team but if you can't get the ball to him what does it matter?
279969
The salary cap was implemented so one team wouldn't dominate because they spent more. Personally I agree with it.
313765
Dude its always correct to think England should mature up as a team. But you cant win a match without a striker can you, as Michael Owen is injured too and Rooney who is considered as having the caliber of Pele too hits the ground. Moreover there is no better replacement for Rooney in the whole country. Try thinking that way.
209839
I heard if you have parnters it'll take the load off a lil bit, but an average team will cost somewhere around 135 million for all the legal paper work, but dont forget you have to pay for players, coaches, trainers, ect... Thats another 100 million... But if I was you, I would buy a nobody team, and build them up... That way you profit the most in the long run.... \n\nIf your looking for a partner holla at me, cuz owning a team sounds like fun...
463523
Went to a sports forum recently where Martin O Neil was answering fans questions. When asked which players he would be targeting in the transfer window he declined to be drawn. He did say the players he may want to bring into the club may not be available in the transfer window. My gut feeling is he will bolster the squad in January as a short term measure, the main business will be done in the summer. The local papers have run pieces on all the players mentioned. Any decent unsettled player will know be linked to Villa because of Mr Lerner's millions we just have to wait and see. Come on Villa!
315723
This totally depends on what the people want to buy and\nif they want to buy anything. A soccer competetion of this \nmagnitude, is truly amazing, but souvenirs, and soccer\ngear will be quite costly, because, the shops around the \nstadium and surrounding areas will want to make money and\ntry to attract people to buy their merchandise. There will\nbe last minute deals and alot of bargaining will occur, but\nsoccer merchandise for an event like this will probably\nbe quite costly. So, far I think that people have probably\nspent about (250-300), just on soccer mechandise. This does\nnot include hotel services, food etc..By the time\nthe competetion comes to a close, the average person,\nwill probably have spent between (2000-3000). \nMind you there will be some hot ticket packages, last \nminute ticket sales, and others trying to sell tickets\nfor a much better cost than the regular cost. (My opinion)
161410
Well, after Manchester United just sold their jersey sponsorship to AIG for a record amount, they now have money for that outstanding midfielder that they need.  Look for Manchester United to give Chelski a run for their money!
398452
I am a big Borussia Dortmund fan!! I have heard these rumours and I am not sure how true they are. Dortmund has just signed two strikers over the summer transfer period and I am not sure if they may want another. However, with the lack of scoring in the last few games we played it might be another option, seeing how great Bravo is doing for Chivas. He might be lured by the opportunity of playing in Europe, but i really don't see this happening.
545443
I think if they can get it together they can get top 4. Right now though, it just feels impossible! But I'm not giving up hope just yet...We've still got a ways to go. So, I think if they can just get their game together...If Raf can get things together again...They can be a winning team once more.\n\nGO REDS!
656639
It keeps money circulating around the game. Also if a youth player breaks into a team the agent doesn't get a big signing on fee like they do if they sign a foreign player.Most prem managers son's are agents so it's in their families best interest to sign foreign players.