Manchester City
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8 hours agoIs Guardiola right about Man City's lower net spend?
Manchester City are major gross spenders but sit lower in net spend due to extensive player sales and significant academy-generated transfer income.
And it's fair to say Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have dug deep over recent months to heavily bolster Phil Parkinson's ranks. A total of 13 players moved to the Stok Cae Ras over the summer for the club's first season in the second tier in 43 years.
There is a phrase within the industry that some of the bigwigs in the offices of Premier League clubs are starting to call ' Liverpool tax'. It refers to the champions' knack of eking every penny out of a potential deal and selling their assets for healthy prices when other teams might not have been able to get anywhere near as much money for the same player.