Didn't the RB for Swindon wear No.1 in their only season in the top flight? Or maybe I'm thinking of another season but I'm pretty sure it was Swindon.
Not trying to discredit Spurs at all but by no stretch are they one of the 'worlds biggest clubs' or playing CL football which was your other trump card - which you've now revised to European football. You've at least conceded your argument about international recognition is null. So maybe there are other factors to the exodus as suggested elsewhere in the thread and not quite as 'blatantly' obvious as you might want to myopically believe. Maybe.
Thank you Matthew. Sharp as a tack except for they had no problems getting international recognition at SFC and Spurs are not one of the 'biggest clubs in the world' or playing CL (I note you now say European instead of CL)
DJ's numbers on refer to incomings (by way of explanation of the resource involved in a transfer other than a loan or free). Our issue is the net effect of 'in's' vs 'out's' which is another debate altogether.
Crystal Palace have signed 3 players. Aston Villa have signed 5. Data from the official website.
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/summer-transfer-window-2014.html
Let's hope we have no bookings / dismissal's or injuries. Whichever way you dress it up we are woefully short of cover at the CB position and one match could see us even more than threadbare. Of course, there is time to address this but time is not on our side.
We've waited quite a long time already. I admire your optimism that we can give Liverpool a run for their money on opening day. I hope you're right............
Shouldn't our excellent extensive scouting network have done it's homework first? Either these players are good enough for us or they're not. 'Try before you buy' ranks highly in the not-a-great-justification stakes.