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Staring at the rude boys
The bottom line, how much do we need to spend to get a squad capable of competing for an automatic promotion place ?
A crazy Saturday night thread. I would be surprised if we spend more than £2m. But of course it will be 'undisclosed'. Expect another five loan signings for next year.
How much is Paul Barber's notice fee, and Gus' sign up fee. That should cover it.
Let's say...
£2m on some gem of a striker from the spanish leagues rather than 2.5-3m for some league one top scorer
Backed up with a young reserve from a championship side for somewhere between 30k and 300k depending on who you ask, rather than 500k for a striker from a relegated to league one team
Pick up an out of contract defensive midfield player who wasn't taken on by his top premier league club, but will thrive for us rather than 500k on a player who scores a great free kick then does nothing
An ex-champions league creative attacking midfielder on a free, rather than bring in on loan some ex-prem star who just wants to sit in his hotel watching porn
Just to start with
The bottom line, how much do we need to spend to get a squad capable of competing for an automatic promotion place ?
Let's say...
£2m on some gem of a striker from the spanish leagues rather than 2.5-3m for some league one top scorer
Backed up with a young reserve from a championship side for somewhere between 30k and 300k depending on who you ask, rather than 500k for a striker from a relegated to league one team
Pick up an out of contract defensive midfield player who wasn't taken on by his top premier league club, but will thrive for us rather than 500k on a player who scores a great free kick then does nothing
An ex-champions league creative attacking midfielder on a free, rather than bring in on loan some ex-prem star who just wants to sit in his hotel watching porn
Just to start with
£11m of that from th sale of Ulloa and Buckley from last year as that money was not spent. The problem is we will drag our heels at the start of the window, told to judge the squad at the end of the window with the promise of a squad good enough for a top 6 place, then pick up a couple of average players for £1.5m and get a few loans in.6 million Hero striker
2 million 2nd striker
2 million winger
2 million attacking midfielder
1.5 million left back
1.5 million central defender
15 million total
Time and time again it has been proved that money is far from the only consideration in putting together a quality side in this division.
We need quality choices more than money.