No idea how right he usually is or whatever, but that guy who always goes through Companies House, the club's accounts when they're published, the boring finance stuff etc, Chris Holt? (iirc someone mentioned he used to post on here) He seems confident that net spend in the coming summer 2018 will exceed £70m. A McClaren sized budget basically. Whether Rafa is actually allowed to break our 13 year transfer record for quality is the caveat, though.