Murray 17
Well-known member
- Jul 6, 2003
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If you think we will spend £100m this season on combined transfer fees/wages then you are deluded.
I'm not deluded, as I don't believe we will spend it. I would like us to spend a fair amount of it, but don't think we will, unfortunately.
You're looking at it in a business way, ie we have losses, we've just had a big windfall, let's pay off our debts, spend somevof it and put some money away for a rainy day.
This is modern football. Clubs make losses, which are funded by their owners. How much do Bournemouth lose every year? £100m, £200m? But I'm sure their fans aren't asking the owners to be careful and put some money away for when they are relegated. Or take some of the TV money and pay back the owners. It's a reflection of the investment by the owners that they are nowhere near favourites for relegation.
I get the fact that we nearly went out of business, but circumstances were different then. We spent money that we didn't have. We've got a lot more of it now, even if we are relegated.
As somebody else said, we could do a Bournemouth or Southampton, or fizzle out and have the best bank balance in the Championship. Then try to beat teams like Sunderland, Hull, Norwich, Leeds, Derby, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and whoever else is relegated, to those 2/3 promotion slots. And if we managed it, we're back where we started.
I've said my bit. Let's all hope we get the players in to keep us up.