And this is what I can't see changing. The best we can hope for (and seem pretty close now) is to pick up the best young players coming through, keep developing them for a few? years, and once they are established and proven at the highest level, let them go and earn mega bucks at the seriously...
To be fair, if a very clever and successful business person, who was a born and bred Albion fan from a line of Albion fans and had spent a fair bit of time on the terraces (or seats) wanted to invest a few hundred million, and Tone liked the look of it, who are we to say no ?
In the meantime...