No company would hand over money due to contracts without doing the due diligence and getting their legal teams to first check. As you stated though if the insurance was not in place to cover it someone in their organisation was negligent. Shit situation for his family though. The club should do the right thing and help out until everything is sorted.
The club will have bills to pay as well over the transfer (agent and family) and they have a right to ask, demanding before the investigation is even concluded is a bit OTT.
Ah the net spend get out. As a Newcastle fan I'm all too familiar with that.
Incomings vs Outgoings. So what you can afford. Hardly a 'get out'. More a reflection of the actual reality of a well-run club.
I think you've taken my response the wrong way. I'm on your side, the amount of times I have to tell some idiot that we didn't 'buy the Championship' with out unlimited pockets cause we sold £80m worth of players etc. I was merely on the wind up with my first reply
Fenway said the club will always have to live within it's means.
Looking at the empty seats in the Etihad even their own fans are bored already
But nah, I do think the Prem is getting quite tragic, the gulf between the teams is too much. It makes me not fear the Championship at all, at least it's a bit more level there.
Looking at the empty seats in the Etihad even their own fans are bored already
That's great and all, my point was more there's very little point in the league for teams below 6th. No one is breaking into that special club, so the rest just exist while trying to not get relegated but there's almost sod all for the rest of them / us to play for. Hell even the cups are predictable now, I don't see anyone doing a Wigan any time soon, the top clubs are just that much better than everyone else.
Leicester is a freak occurance. Of course we know that it can happen. But it's absolutely freak. The number of clubs winning the league since the PL became a thing, or with realistic ambitions of winning it has reduced dramatically. Leicester just goes to show unreaslistic ambitions shouldn't be given up on. But they are feeding on scraps really.
Doesn't mean that it's in rude health though, looking at it from a historical basis.
Leicester was a once in a generation surprise, potentially even a once in a lifetime occurrence at this point. Going from almost relegated one season to champions the next? Yeah I'm not seeing that again unless there's significant change in the league somehow.
Hopefully they can do a number on Liverpool next weekend as well.
Wait, hold up.. You're actually aiming for second or even the league??
