Transfer Strategy Change

[Nufcian]

I think it comes down to clubs knowing we were desperate - could we have got ?15 million for Longstaff, yes, but clubs wouldn't offer that as they knew we needed cash.

I can’t believe we got to the final week and suddenly realised we were 15M short… the club would have known their financial status for a long time… the figures come out in Jan for the season they are reporting/ensuring balance on… they had plenty of time to work it out… Longstaff, Targett, Willock.

We also brought in Vlachidimos for £20m, so would have been paying the first year of that deal too in the period… so it wasn’t even £15m that would be showing on the books.

[Ragatino]

I can’t believe we got to the final week and suddenly realised we were 15M short…

If I remember correctly. It was closer to 60m quid over PSR limit.

The net was 15m but the gross price which was booked against the PSR was closer to 35m + the 33m for Minteh.