Well, one of the first things we need to do before they inevitably introduce financial restrictions (and they will), is throw enprmous amounts of money into our Academy, our coaching setup and our scouting.

If we can either develop or identify players at the level of Livramento-like Brighton with a bigger budget then we'll be able to build a competitive squad without the need for doing a Chelsea or...well, any of the 'big 6' by spending 100's of millions per window. It doesn't preclude buying a big, marquee signing-in fact, it would allow us to concentrate on one or two key targets each window and surround the 'star' players with players of a much better quality than those they currently share the pitch with.

obviously a lot easier said than done and a few big ifs or buts...but, if any club is best placed to do it, it's us.

Mark my words, though; like i say, they'll be sitting around a table somewhere right now drafting legislation to only allow clubs to spend a certain percentage of their income on infrastructure and non-playing staff. They've shut the front door and locked it and now they'll be bolting the back door and checking all the windows are closed.

And there are landmines on the path.

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