Luton are doing it right. Sustainable. Worst case they come down and have a decent chance of retaining the players and going back up.
Huddersfield did the same, buying a bunch of the best Championship talent in case they went down and could bounce back up. Didn't work out.
If we’re being linked with Sonny Bradley and Rúben Vinagre, I don’t see how that can be considered a reasonable approach. Guess we’ll see.
How reckless of them to prioritise the future of the club. 100% they should be going for top 6 minimum.
Can you point to the number of other clubs who took this approach successfully? Stoke perhaps? Or Cardiff?
If the left backs going to be manning, you’d think he’d be here by now. He’s a free transfer and pre season has started
Maddison going for 40m, I would think of the two of him and Barnes he's worth more so they may be accepting more like 30-35m for Barnes.
Confirmation from Tan that our wage budget is in the top 8 in the league (excluding Leicester, Leeds and Soton).
I have his speedboat on tracker. Just passing Spurn Point now. Should be docking in Marina in an hour or so, ready for training this morning.
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/hull-city-financial-fair-play-8556222 Also says we have sold 2,000 new memberships. Which given the extremely cheap prices, especially for kids, is a bit disappointing.
Was in an interview, just been in an HDM article: "Our wage is one of the top eight (in the Championship), not considering the teams that are coming down. We have a headroom but there's not much to play around," he told Hull Live when asked about City's FFP situation. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/hull-city-financial-fair-play-8556222
