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Tony J
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At least one press story suggests Smith has a generous budget of £80M to work with. Whether true or not, working on some of the player fees also being referred to, it isn’t too difficult to see how we could blow that amount quite quickly.
It does appear that Dean, Suso and Purslow are applying plenty of thought and consideration to each purchase and, potentially, the odd sale. The acquisition of Jota and the other pending deals so far suggest control is being exercised. The length of the Spaniard’s deal (2 years) is one indication that we have learnt from some rash decisions that were made in the past, where we committed too heavily.
It does appear that Dean, Suso and Purslow are applying plenty of thought and consideration to each purchase and, potentially, the odd sale. The acquisition of Jota and the other pending deals so far suggest control is being exercised. The length of the Spaniard’s deal (2 years) is one indication that we have learnt from some rash decisions that were made in the past, where we committed too heavily.