Our Profit numbers for the last 5 years alone are as follows:
2018 - £113m
2017 - £36m
2016 - £33m
2015 - £9m
2014 - £65m
Total just from the last 5 years alone - £256m
If we look at the revenue of £521.1m released today (in 2018 our revenue was £380m so we have absolutely battered that) I think it's safe to assume that we'll be looking at an overall profit of maybe £150m or so (always hard to guess but with player sales/ purchases I'm pretty sure £150m is a good guess.
Even without the added revenue of top 4 next season the club will be sitting on about £406m. We've safeguarded that should it be required and as
BangkokSpud
has mentioned if we don't spend we fall backwards. Can anyone genuinely see Levy being satisfied with the brand taking a hit as we try and launch over revenue streams via the NFL and Stadium etc?
We'll spend, the idea that we are looking at a £45m or so option in Gedson Fernandes, a kid who's played twice this season it seems points towards doing so also.