Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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I think it's less about the problems and more about the timing and the available solutions. We've made mistakes. Every club does, but we do not face barriers to solutions that are not faced by our competitors. Leicester's trouble put them in a relegation battle and their FFP position prevented them from making the investment needed to bolster their squad and get them out of it. Rumour was that they couldn't even afford to sack a manager they didn't want. We are not in a relegation battle and, although we don't have a blank chequebook, we have already spent €19.5m on next year's squad by signing Osman. I'm not saying that Osman is going to answer our problems, just that his signing is evidence that the club is in a position to make signings if it feels the need.3. Maybe in Leicester's case the decline was due more on their poor decisions while - for us - it has been external forces, i.e. players / manager / back office moving to Big 6 clubs / Newcastle, but we've also made some bad decisions (Dahoud / Fati / Milner signings, MacAllister's pitiful release clause). Selling Mitoma could be disastrous - for me that one would cut deep.
I'd agree that we need to do everything we can to keep the current squad together and add to it for next year. However, Tony has previous form for not selling when he doesn't think it's right to. Resisting tens of millions for Mitoma may be on a different scale to turning down Burnley's offer for Dale Stephens, but KM's contract runs to June 2027 and we can say no if we decide that's for the best. His injury, whilst a nightmare for our end to the season, may be a blessing if it cools interest in him over the summer.