Assaombalonga to Middlesbrough - £15m

[Weststander]

Come 1 September we will know.

The club have had since Easter to get the recruitment ball rolling, knowing their PL fate and budget well before Newc, Hudd, Palace, Burnley etc. So no excuses.

 

[clarkey]

Come 1 September we will know.

The club have had since Easter to get the recruitment ball rolling, knowing their PL fate and budget well before Newc, Hudd, Palace, Burnley etc. So no excuses.

They've been working on Gross, Delaney, Renato and others since well before last season began.

 

[FatSuperman]

To use your analogy - can we commute from the Championship to the Premier League?

Yes, but the line is operated by Southern...

 

[Triggaaar]

There has to be a point where this madness will end

That's what Alan '#tw@ Sugar said 16 years ago.

 

[Surf's Up]

This is the problem with parachute payments - they're not being used as a soft landing for the financial realities of Championship football, but as "free money" to punt £10-£15 mill on whoever has managed to score 15+ goals in the Championship.

£100mill spent on Rhodes, McCormack, Assombalonga, Andre Gray, Dwight Gayle, Matt Ritchie, Pritchard and Vydra over the years and none of them have ever really cut it in the Prem.

Some of them struggled to cut it in the championship too!

 

[The_Viper]

Is it me, or is this crazy?

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Unfortunately it's not crazy at all but the standard now, it's just that Albion aren't willing to do it. You can see how we're falling behind by sticking to it, we'll have to adapt sooner or later however much it irks us.

 

[GreersElbow]

Good to see parachute payments being used for their intended purpose again.

It'll end in tears either way. I'll be crying of laughter and they'll be crying of sadness. I've grown to really dislike Boro.