Or perhaps his job remit didn't change at all and he was just told that he couldn't keep on spending.
I don't think that the club would've been so naive as to write it into his contract that he could spend a certain amount each year.
Once the pre-Barber lack of financial control was exposed...
It's impossible to come to that conclusion unless you know the facts. Your statement is mere conjecture.
Anyway, one man's ooh isn't he clever is another's meh.