As stated before, Stoke’s problem may be that they can’t afford to sack him. They’ve properly backed him in the transfer market, their wage bill is probably higher than some Premier League clubs and their parachute payments are running out this year. The last thing they can afford to do is pay...
To name a few of the Stoke players….. Butland, Clucas, McClean, Ince, Allen, Vokes, Hogan. That’s easily good enough to challenging at the right end of the Championship. Their wage bill can’t be far off ours.
Yes, when a manager stops defending their players to that level, they are in effect asking their chairman to pay their contract up. Interesting to see whether the chairman takes the bait. They are going to have some high earners in that club and i'll guess their parachute payments run out at...