ã30-40 mill? Not in a million years. Sorry chaps.
Few things you have to remember:
1). Game attendances are lower than they should be, and overall club revenue isn't that high. At the year end of 2010, the turnover was 65.4mill. That's not far off our (NUFC) turnover of ã52mill in the relegation season (down from ã86.1mill).
2). Your turnover resulted in a ã5mill loss, and player trading resulted in a net loss of ã25.5million.
This bears two questions: where will the money come from to buy ã30-40mill worth of players and then pay for all of their wages?
Also:
1). Short won't pump money into the club forever after yet another season which has fell well short of expectations.
2). Short isn't stupid. Let's say you guys DO have a big reserve of cash to spend. If Bruce stays on, do you really think that Short will risk giving him all this money, plus a big chunk of his own cash, to spend on yet more players? How many chances do you think Short will give Bruce to gamble with so much cash?
Our ã35million Carroll money is being chopped up into ã20mill for actual transfers, and ã15mill for wages and other costs (this may be on top of an existing transfer budget for next season). I think some of you are underestimating how much wages will add to the turnover of the club when it's already making a substantial loss. If you guys want some top players, you may have to cough up at least ã50,000 per week. Over a year, that's already 2.6mill, over a 4 year contract, that's ã10.4million.
So yeah, I can't see where ã30-40mill would come from, or why Short would risk it in the current club setup after so many disappointing results. Not having a dig. Just being realistic.