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Bucs Suffer Due to Owner's Focus on Man U

AP

Asked the question occupying many Manchester United supporters about why the Glazers did not spend much in the transfer market this summer, Raheem Morris, coach of the Americans' NFL team, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, shrugs it off with a laugh. "They're rich people for a reason. And usually most rich people know how to deal with their money and come out on top," Morris says to the suggestion that there are parallels between Old Trafford and the Glazers' stewardship of the Bucs, where this season they have underspent the NFL's $127m [around £85m] salary cap by a quarter.

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