It would be for Tottenham to complain about an illegal approach for one of their players, however they have gone through with the deal and some reports on here stating for a lot more than we were going to pay. Knowing modern football they could have leaked the transfer as much as an agent.
But, the payments of these were not meant to be "rewards" were they? They were meant to try and prevent Clubs relegated from going out of business.. I would be saying the same in your position, but the rewards of making it to the PL are the huge amounts of cash from TV money. The need for parachute payments having dropped out of the top flight seem less than they were as a result, particularly with well run, "debt-free" clubs such as yourselves? Personally, I would look at making Payments to Clubs to help them compete in the PL - that would feel like a reward for getting there, and make PL survival more achievable.
"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision"
"Purely a football decision"
We all know it was the cash, you goon.
