Well it has been proven that you can win the league by not buying big. So will this make the big clubs look at their spending and maybe buy players that they need, instead of buying players because they are the best players in the world
I'd say the opposite is likely. An unfancied team winning it, with a slightly surprising team currently in 2nd too might make them think next season's title is up for grabs and a spending war of sorts could well ensue this summer.
Can definitely see City and Chelsea spending big with their new managers, and if Mourinho comes to Old Trafford I suspect he'll want a few players. It'll be Klopp's first proper chance to shape the Liverpool squad too, and whilst he doesn't strike me as the type to spend willy-nilly, he could end up spending a fair whack, particularly if he has eyes on any of his old Dortmund players.
Wenger will Wenger if he's still there. Spurs and their Champions League money could spend a bit too, although that might well be on young up-and-comers.
So because the spending big money method has not worked for one season and has for just about every other season they are going to change their business models? While of course its not due to spending big clubs have been successful there is no need to change what has worked in the past just to one season which for all we know at the moment might be a one off
Of course not. I think people are looking at Leicester and making far too many conclusions from it.
Leicester from the first team to backroom staff clearly have a fantastic set up in place which has enabled this success. It's not really as simple as not spending much money.
There are plenty of other clubs in the EPL who don't spend much money and guess what there league position is no different to what it usually is.
Will be interesting to see how the premier league big four respond in this summer. Will it be it another 20 or so years before a team outside manchester and london become premier league champions again
Leicester have ripped up the rule book this season and shown that money doesnt always buy you success. The thing that wins you titles is a strong desire and spirit of in it together to succeed
Money is not the factor here, it;s do to with performance.
Why have Man Utd won the PL more than anyone else?
Answer:
Performance.
Sounds like circular reasoning. The league table is the measure of performance by which every team is judged, and everyone's aim is register as good a record (performance) as possible in that league table. Does it not go without saying that the best performing team wins the title, and the team that has performed better most often would have the most titles?
One of the main factors that can influence performance is money spent acquiring desirable players who go on to help their team perform well. As a United fan I'm not going to pretend that being able to splash out on the likes of Ferdinand and Rooney didn't give us a big competitive edge over those teams who didn't or couldn't.
From 2013/2014 season to this Chelseas wage bill has increased by £25.6m to £215.6m
leicester citys wage bill increased by £11.6m from 2014/2015 to this season to £48.2m.
(no figures for 2013/2014)
You can splash the cash and have a great season that delivers the title but as leicester city have shown you dont necessarily have to do that. Spending less reaps alot more if you invest wisely
Will be interesting to see how the premier league big four respond in this summer. Will it be it another 20 or so years before a team outside manchester and london become premier league champions again
Leicester have ripped up the rule book this season and shown that money doesnt always buy you success. The thing that wins you titles is a strong desire and spirit of in it together to succeed
I think it will be longer than 20 years, I really think this is a freak event.
From 2013/2014 season to this Chelseas wage bill has increased by £25.6m to £215.6m
leicester citys wage bill increased by £11.6m from 2014/2015 to this season to £48.2m.
(no figures for 2013/2014)
You can splash the cash and have a great season that delivers the title but as leicester city have shown you dont necessarily have to do that. Spending less reaps alot more if you invest wisely
While i'm not taking anything away from Leicester, they have struck in a year when Chelsea imploded, Man City are 'between managers' and Man Utd are still stuck in a rut. If Arsenal ever get rid of Wenger as well they will be a force to be reckoned with and Liverpool can only improve. I don't think we will see this happen again for a long, long time.
Next season all the PL teams will have even more money to spend due to the new TV deal. I can't see them all deciding to spend less as a result of Leicester's success (low spending is not going to consistently do better than high spending anyway). I'm pretty sure spending will get even more out of control in the coming years.
Leicester have shown what can be done in very unusual circumstances (the usual top teams underperforming and Leicester not having too many injury problems). Had Arsenal not dropped so many points since Christmas they would surely have finished above Leicester. The real lesson here for other clubs is not about spending but that Ranieri made Leicester very hard to beat. Only three defeats so far this season.
However, Leicester's spending will have to increase if they want to stay at the top. The squad may not have cost much to assemble, but it is now worth vastly more by virtue of winning the title. They will have to spend more in wages just to keep this squad together. If they want a run in the Champions League they will need to buy several more quality players. Finding yet more hidden gems in lower leagues is not really a viable option.
If they try and stay at the top the risks are high as they would have to maintain spending at a much higher level year after year. Failure to succeed doing that could lead to financial disaster. Leicester might be better advised to cash in on Vardy, Mahrez and Kante and settle for mid table mediocrity. The fans won't like it though.
Spend less, I doubt it. Clubs with the deepest pockets will always get into a bidding war for the best players and pay over the top fees.
The best players and managers from abroad have proved they can't do any better in helping a so called English club to win in Europe , and with Leicester winning premiership it proves how bad so called English clubs are. :cool:
The best players and managers from abroad have proved they can't do any better in helping a so called English club to win in Europe , and with Leicester winning premiership it proves how bad so called English clubs are. :cool:
Why are they "so called"? Makes it sound like there are doubts as to whether clubs in the Premier League are actually English (minus Welsh teams), unless you're referring to them having foreign owners, managers and players.
if anything this summer will probably see more money spent than ever before in the PL
we have new managers at chelsea and city, possibly a new manager at utd, klopp as well will be having his first proper transfer window after not doing much in january. leicester and tottenham will be looking to improve their squads before the CL next season and who knows what wenger will do, we know arsenal have the money. in addition we have west ham coming off a good season and about to move into the olympic stadium.
all of that on top of the money from the new TV deal for all clubs.
I doubt it, in fact I doubt anything will change other than perhaps given lower league players a bit more of a look in, nothing much but a little more perhaps.
I wish they did though, so all the moronic players can go and play for Real Madrid and Barca, then that league can be filled up with its typical collection of crap players with zero personality and they can enjoy the worlds most boring league with all the useless arsehole players.
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Can definitely see City and Chelsea spending big with their new managers, and if Mourinho comes to Old Trafford I suspect he'll want a few players. It'll be Klopp's first proper chance to shape the Liverpool squad too, and whilst he doesn't strike me as the type to spend willy-nilly, he could end up spending a fair whack, particularly if he has eyes on any of his old Dortmund players.
Wenger will Wenger if he's still there.
Why have Man Utd won the PL more than anyone else?
Answer:
Performance.
In reality this may make it even harder for young players to break through or for the bigger clubs to take a chance on lesser players.
Or perhaps because they had one of the best managers of all time maybe.
Leicester from the first team to backroom staff clearly have a fantastic set up in place which has enabled this success. It's not really as simple as not spending much money.
There are plenty of other clubs in the EPL who don't spend much money and guess what there league position is no different to what it usually is.
Leicester have ripped up the rule book this season and shown that money doesnt always buy you success. The thing that wins you titles is a strong desire and spirit of in it together to succeed
Sounds like circular reasoning. The league table is the measure of performance by which every team is judged, and everyone's aim is register as good a record (performance) as possible in that league table. Does it not go without saying that the best performing team wins the title, and the team that has performed better most often would have the most titles?
One of the main factors that can influence performance is money spent acquiring desirable players who go on to help their team perform well. As a United fan I'm not going to pretend that being able to splash out on the likes of Ferdinand and Rooney didn't give us a big competitive edge over those teams who didn't or couldn't.
and the best players
leicester citys wage bill increased by £11.6m from 2014/2015 to this season to £48.2m.
(no figures for 2013/2014)
You can splash the cash and have a great season that delivers the title but as leicester city have shown you dont necessarily have to do that. Spending less reaps alot more if you invest wisely
I think it will be longer than 20 years, I really think this is a freak event.
While i'm not taking anything away from Leicester, they have struck in a year when Chelsea imploded, Man City are 'between managers' and Man Utd are still stuck in a rut. If Arsenal ever get rid of Wenger as well they will be a force to be reckoned with and Liverpool can only improve. I don't think we will see this happen again for a long, long time.
Leicester have shown what can be done in very unusual circumstances (the usual top teams underperforming and Leicester not having too many injury problems). Had Arsenal not dropped so many points since Christmas they would surely have finished above Leicester. The real lesson here for other clubs is not about spending but that Ranieri made Leicester very hard to beat. Only three defeats so far this season.
However, Leicester's spending will have to increase if they want to stay at the top. The squad may not have cost much to assemble, but it is now worth vastly more by virtue of winning the title. They will have to spend more in wages just to keep this squad together. If they want a run in the Champions League they will need to buy several more quality players. Finding yet more hidden gems in lower leagues is not really a viable option.
If they try and stay at the top the risks are high as they would have to maintain spending at a much higher level year after year. Failure to succeed doing that could lead to financial disaster. Leicester might be better advised to cash in on Vardy, Mahrez and Kante and settle for mid table mediocrity. The fans won't like it though.
The best players and managers from abroad have proved they can't do any better in helping a so called English club to win in Europe , and with Leicester winning premiership it proves how bad so called English clubs are. :cool:
Why are they "so called"? Makes it sound like there are doubts as to whether clubs in the Premier League are actually English (minus Welsh teams), unless you're referring to them having foreign owners, managers and players.
Exactly and in Europe with a British manager . Managers from abroad aren't winning so called English clubs anything :cool:
1. Alex Ferguson is Scottish not British.
2. Managers from abroad can win with the right squad and right performance.
Your opinion will be considered ridiculous by everyone while you continue to say 'so called' English clubs.
Well even Leicester have overseas owners/an overseas manager and a number of their key players are from overseas...
we have new managers at chelsea and city, possibly a new manager at utd, klopp as well will be having his first proper transfer window after not doing much in january. leicester and tottenham will be looking to improve their squads before the CL next season and who knows what wenger will do, we know arsenal have the money. in addition we have west ham coming off a good season and about to move into the olympic stadium.
all of that on top of the money from the new TV deal for all clubs.
I wish they did though, so all the moronic players can go and play for Real Madrid and Barca, then that league can be filled up with its typical collection of crap players with zero personality and they can enjoy the worlds most boring league with all the useless arsehole players.