Increasingly, Major League Soccer clubs — and clubs around the world, for that matter — are recognising the importance of efficient spending and investment. Modern football has always been affluent at the top level, and the clubs that do have money to spend and rarely done so wisely, assuming that spending begets success.
Of course, it doesn’t. For the most part, spending is a necessary step along the way to success. Consistently, the richest clubs win. But the investments that are made must be efficient, intelligent, progressive steps that help to build a team.