Just when there’s a credit crunch two clubs step forward and blow everyone out of the water with their transfer dealings. Both clubs by the end of the transfer window will probably have spent past half a billion pounds in fees together .

No one else can compete or at least dare to compete with either side . Martin Allen and 99.9% of managers must look on with a certain amount of envy , even to have the tiniest percentage of their wealth would be nice.

However , spending vast sums of money doesn’t guarantee success but of course can go a long way to getting it. Henry Winter , from the Telegraph , maintained that “spending without blending is a dangerous game” . Many managers have had money to spend in the past but haven’t been able to come across that special blend of players that form a winning team.

We saw last season at Cheltenham , who pushed up the budget to try and keep the club in League One , that throwing money at a situation doesn’t always work . For me team spirit and a squad work ethic are far more important than the amount of money spent . If the money is well spent and you get that spirit embodied in the club then the recipe is complete .  Interesting times are ahead not just for the expectant fans of these two clubs but the whole of football . My worry with both these two is , do they have a sufficient backbone ? Time and signings will tell .