Daily blog (audio): "United haven't spent any money on players" ["That's not true though is it?"]

<p>"United haven't spent any money on players" ["That's not true though is it?"]</p> <p><br> <br> We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Some how or other my two older sons have ended up as Man U fans.</p> <p>I know, I know 😂</p> <p>I’m a Derby Country ‘well wisher’.</p> <p>‘Fan’ would be a bit strong as I’m not all that bothered.</p> <p>But if I had to say I “had” a team, it would be them.</p> <p>I was talking to the boys about the protests at Old Trafford the other week.</p> <p>And they kept saying something I’ve seen many people say on social media in recent weeks (and months and years).</p> <p>“United haven’t spent any money on players”</p> <p>“That can’t be true” I thought.</p> <p>So I googled it.</p> <p>They’ve spent the second highest amount of any team in the world over the last five years (behind only Man City).</p> <p>And have the fifth highest income.</p> <p>Overall they are second in the world (again to City and out of the big clubs) on spend on players versus income.</p> <p>So the suggestion that they’ve “spent nothing on players” is laughable.</p> <p>It’s what their mates had been saying and what they’d seen on the internet, of course.</p> <p>Now there are clearly discussions as to whether they’ve spent it on the right players for the right reasons.</p> <p>On what else they’ve spent, their debt and more.</p> <p>But if someone says “they’ve spent nothing” (or even “they’ve not spent enough”) then they’re just having the wrong conversation.</p> <p>And all wrong conversations distract us from the right ones.</p> <p>It’s like I mentioned in earlier blogs about the belief that “the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing”.</p> <p>When the evidence shows the opposite.</p> <p>It’s a spread not a gap and it’s more even (relatively) than at any point in history.</p> <p>Or that “nobody’s following COVID regulations” when millions clearly are.</p> <p>Doesn