Quote Originally Posted by wba13 View Post
We did not pay the transfer fee because with fee and premiership wages it was way to much for us. Just look at Derby and Reading for prove of overspending in the last couple of seasons.
If Lai wants his investment to return to the premier league spending a fairly paltry 5m plus wages would have gone a long way to guaranteeing promotion, the Pereira money would have more than covered this!