ummmmmmm well .... none of those purchases were in this calender year or financial year. Or the year before that. So .......... it's not really going to effect this years' accounts at all in a negative way. Also, Given was free (0), Ireland was part of the Miler deal so he didn't actually cost us a fee (0), Hutton was 4mil and Bent was 18-24, so that's 28 mil max.
I agree with the point you are trying to make however.
Don't the players show up as assets on the balance sheet ? My point was, there's huge depreciation which will be factored into this years accounts if we end up selling Bent for say £6m