The problem with football, unless you have the new found riches of say Wolves and Leicester, is that most clubs must also simultaneously look at very short term, to avoid relegation.
A drop of £55m of income in Championship season 1, with the loss of Dunk and Mooy, would be hard to recover from. Would Propper and Maupay want to play a dogfight of 46 matches, when there are fatter wages to be had elsewhere?
Years 2 to 5 of the 5 Year Plan would face serious constraints. Not forgetting EFL FFP and that the Albion’s high cost base seems to churn out £20m accounting losses with regularity.
If we sign no new players this month and let a couple of experienced pro’s go, TB and Ashworth with their inside knowledge, must be very highly confident that Potter’s on the verge of giving us a series of vital wins.
