Haven't bought the league? Henderson and Allen is nearly 30m!
Less than how much Fernandinho cost, then.
Did I say they spent more than Man City?
No, but you did say that they had bought the league.
Every club in the top 7 buys the league to some extent (bar Everton), if your idea of "buying the league" is spending less than 20m per player.
If they win it, they have bought it. They have spent millions and millions over the past few years.
It's all relative. When someone says that they haven't bought the title, the tacit implication is that they haven't spent anywhere near as much as City, Chelsea, and even Utd.
Have Villa not spent "millions and millions" recently? We have to an extent bought (the little) success that we've had as well, it's just that we haven't done it as much as other clubs have. It's always a question of relativity.
Average past 4 years:
Chelsea 103m
Man City 99m
Liverpool 62m
Man United 52m
Arsenal 41
The 35 mil they wasted on Carroll bumped up Liverpools spending but they did recover 50 mil on Torres. It would be more accurate to see the net spending.