Yeah, as much as I hate to say it, honestly I can't think of any club who've bought more smartly than them.This is dumb. He has very clearly been a brilliant manager for them, the money they've spent is dwarfed by Manchester City who they've mainly competed with. Even a club like United have spent much more in that period, as have Chelsea.
They were nowhere even remotely close to Europe's elite when he took over. We were better than them.