Of course we really know nothing about TBs money other than his approach to spending it at the Albion. Broadly he has said "I'll pay for the facilities to ensure the club has a stable base from which to build, but I won't be funding marquee players, that has to broadly come from revenues". On top of that he has dipped into his pocket to help us buy some players and is underwriting the still frightening losses. This plays well with the FFP regulations too - which are mainly there to ensure clubs can build sustainable futures.
That seems to me to be an almost entirely unique approach to football club ownership and one which in the long term should do us very well. I never want to see the club sold to a rich investor purely because they appear to have the money to pay for player that will establish us in the Prem. I'd rather see us perhaps bob up and down for a few years (rather like WBA did) to the point where we have built a squad that can keep us in the Prem. Over perhaps 10-15 years we would become an established fixture in the top tier with little of the risk associated with selling our football souls to a mega-rich but emotionally volatile owner.
That seems to me to be an almost entirely unique approach to football club ownership and one which in the long term should do us very well. I never want to see the club sold to a rich investor purely because they appear to have the money to pay for player that will establish us in the Prem. I'd rather see us perhaps bob up and down for a few years (rather like WBA did) to the point where we have built a squad that can keep us in the Prem. Over perhaps 10-15 years we would become an established fixture in the top tier with little of the risk associated with selling our football souls to a mega-rich but emotionally volatile owner.
