JazzG transfer spend discussions are important because of FFP. But they often miss an important issue. The biggest predictor whether a team is going to succeed or not is not their transfer spend but their salary spend. Typically continued high gross transfer spend will result in that high salary spend. At present, Manchester City spends double what we spend in salaries.
Follow the salaries, not the transfer spend. The salaries tell you how much quality each team has. And City had significantly more quality than us right now. We just need to spend to catch up.