Interestingly I was just looking back and in the 17/18 season we finished 4th on 75 points. The following season we finished 2nd on 97 points. That summer we signed Allison, Fabinho, Keita and Shaqiri with a net spend of over £130 Mill!
This season we are going to finish on 79-82 points. Lots of similarities this season to how we played in the early years under Jürgen.
There are of course other factors and not comparing like for like but a few signings with a similar impact as Allison and Fabinho would be huge.