This is very true. I'd say the problem is roughly nine years old. Here's every transfer over 15m euros (transfermarkt, live with it) since 2009, when you sold Ronaldo:
2009: Antonio Valencia (18.9m)
2010: None (but you did get Smalling for peanuts)
2011: David de Gea (25m), Phil Jones (19m) and...
Oh my god this is losing it on a higher level than Chelsea at this point in the season! I mean we're talking October levels of losing it in August. :lol: