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How BlueCo Spent £1.5 Billion — And What We Got For It

30 March 2026 · 39 min

The receipts are in, and they make for grim reading.

Chris and Joe sit down with analyst Roland to forensically examine all 49 BlueCo signings - sorting them into five brutal categories, from untouchables like Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Caicedo, to the development gambles bleeding the budget dry.

Less than a third of signings land in the success column. Arsenal's entire squad costs the same as ours. The age policy, the overpaying, the absence of leaders — it's all here.

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