Originally Posted by
gazan
Of, course there's always the possibility that your mate misunderstood what he has heard. It may also depend on what he does at the Alex. I was once employed by the Alex but had no access to what was going on behind the scenes.
I do believe that Harrogate, being effectively a 'family' run club, do have a lower player budget than we do but I suppose they could be 'going for broke', over a player they've had their eyes on for a while (and if they are doubling an increased salary, then we couldn't have kept him and we would be able to find a replacement within that salary range). However, considering their relatively low income from gate receipts, their overall turnover must be very low and as we're operating at near the 55% allowed within the financial rules on our wage bill (albeit that figure is supposedly related to last year's outgoings) I find it hard to believe they can stay within the rules by doubling our potential salary to Mcdonald. Of course, they may have a high-returns revenue stream that pushes up their turnover etc.
However, I am only surmising based on 'things' we've heard so it could be true. Who knows?