Surely its going to be broken come 13/14 season

[Barking Mad Barclay Boy 13]

Most spent by the club on a player was £5.5 million for Sebastien Bassong from Tottenham Hotspur in 2012.

Im just curious what you think?

during the summer can you see us spending more than this amount on one player?

will we end up getting hooper for what i think is the asumed dizzy amount of 8million,

will we blow all our funds away on this young dutchman?

it needs to happen as i cant see us competing next season unless we bring in a proven striker.

*tin hats on* ( dont know how to get paragraphs it all just jumbles up into one clump help?)

[Rolf Harris 33]

Player/Position	Age	.	from	Transfer fee
Luciano Becchio Centre Forward	28		Leeds United   Championship	202.400 £
Kei Kamara * Right Wing	27		Sporting Kansas City   MLS Cup Playoffs	07.05.2013
Lee Camp Keeper	27		Nottingham Forest   Championship	free transfer
Harry Kane * Secondary Striker	18		Tottenham Hotspur   Premier League	02.01.2013
Mark Bunn Keeper	27		Blackburn Rovers   Championship	1.100.000 £
Alexander Tettey Central Midfield	26		Stade Rennais FC   Ligue 1	1.320.000 £
Sébastien Bassong Centre Back	25		Tottenham Hotspur   Premier League	2.640.000 £
Javier Garrido * Left-Back	27		SS Lazio   Serie A	30.06.2013
Michael Turner Centre Back	28		Sunderland AFC   Premier League	1.672.000 £
Robert Snodgrass Right Wing	24		Leeds United   Championship	2.816.000 £
Jacob Butterfield Central Midfield	22		Barnsley FC   Championship	?
Steven Whittaker Right-Back	28		Rangers FC   Third Division	free transfer

[Barking Mad Barclay Boy 13]

where did you get your information from ive seen and read a few places that bassong was 5.5 maybe im wrong

even so this makes it even worse which will mean earnshaw is still our most expensive signing from 2006

which is bloody ridiculous

[Rolf Harris 33]

[quote user="Barking Mad Barclay Boy"]where did you get your information from ive seen and read a few places that bassong was 5.5 maybe im wrong

even so this makes it even worse which will mean earnshaw is still our most expensive signing from 2006

which is bloody ridiculous[/quote]Ryan Bennett was with addons

[ZLF 334]

not sure what the transfer record is (I thought it was still Dean Ashton, although I had heard the total deal for seb may exceed that?) but I am confident that we will break the £5m barrier come the summer when planning for our thrid consecutive prem season

[lake district canary 4,823]

Should think its almost certain that our transfers in prices will be higher next season - as long as we stay up.   The pot will grow gradually over the next two or three years and that means the quality of player - and his price - will go up accordingly.     Certainly 6 or 7 million is now on the cards, but we will never be a club who can afford to go way over the top in buying players.     But, with patience, if there is such a thing in football, we will see more expensive signings coming in - along with the usual sensible signings that don''t cost as much.

  

[Herman 11,135]

Doesn''t it prove that we have done pretty well without breaking the bank. Maybe teams like QPR should learn from us.

[Barking Mad Barclay Boy 13]

Great point herman, there is that aspect to it all.

i am glad that we have the great staff that can find brilliant tallent without breaking the piggy bank dont get me wrong thats amazing, i was just curious to when this record would be broken and to see your views on it all.

[Herman 11,135]

Fair point. I have heard a few times that Bassong is our record signing due to add-ons etc. But if that is not the case then this summer we will definitely splash a large amount on our forward line. Not really a ground breaking statement I''m afraid.;-)

[AJ 1,358]

No doubt it will be broken, but after 2 full seasons in the Prem we''ve earned the right to spend a little more on players.

With McNally at the helm we''ll never go crazy though, which is a really good thing. Like you say, look at QPR and even Man City at the moment. Money doesn''t always bring you success.