And they've seemingly chosen to blow that extra 15m on Defoe. Granted it seems short sighted to spend it all on one aging player - but It's their prerogative having earned that additional money.
Burnley will still have gained over 100m this season, surely Dyche will be spending some fairly...
Started his career with Bournemouth didn't he? Seems fitting to end it there as well.
The issue here isn't paying one free transfer player a big wage. The outlay over the course of the deal won't be much different to a normal transfer fee signing of say 10m on say 50k a week.
Rather, the...