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Entirely sensible, it really is. Still not true that you CAN'T pay any players more though. You could, but CHOOSE (understandably) not to.

You're getting £170m per year to play in the PL. You can afford to pay the wages of Jay Rodriguez if you choose to. He's at Southampton, not PSG.

'would be able to afford' doesn't come into it, in reality. 'Choose to afford' is the truth. Burnley and Bournemouth are both (relative) newcomers to exactly the same league. You have the same level of PL income, similar gate receipts (9,000 MORE seats in your case), and similar operating costs...