That doesn't take into account you'd have to double Dempsey's wages, agent fees and bonuses. Nor does it take into account Ramirez is 8 years younger than Dempsey and holds more long term value.
Southampton spent £29.3m and recouped about £500k in transfer fees. Puts them around 5th in terms of money spent and about 3rd of net spenders in Premier League.
Well that is utter nonsense! Norwich and Swansea didn't spent remotely close to £40m or £50m last summer and they finished 12th and 11th! They spent between £10m and £15m iirc.
That is just for transfers of Italian based players to Italian clubs. Saints can still sign Italian based players after the domestic Italian window closes.
Ashley Young out of the game on Sunday...
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Aug/sir-alex-ferguson-friday-pre-southampton-press-conference.aspx
An hour ago...
Jordan Sibley @jordansibley
Back in office after an early morning visit to the training ground to check @SiCamHd and @Paul_Gilmour were behaving themselves out front!