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Comment | Liverpool Chase Italian Right Back
at 16:27:11
Based on what has happened to the other Saints players moving to Liverpool Clyne could easily spend next season on the bench. I am sure that Lollana had other things in mind he went there, and to my eye at least, seemed to do pretty well for the scouters when he got his chance, but just wasn't given pitch time by Brenda.
Its hard for Clyne though, because on the one hand the Liverpool fightback berth looks tailor made for him, and will almost certainly guarantee that Hodgson blindly picks him, but on the other, it's unlikely that Liverpool won't war high quality cover, and Flanagan still has much to prove.
And of course, really I just want one more season out of Clyne. With Spiderman and Tobi both likely to go, our defence needs stability. |
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Comment | Why Saints Are Not Afraid Of Losing Clyne Or Schneiderlin
at 16:20:27
To the fans who want Saints to simply splash the Liebherr cash on our dream, the bad news is, she cannot do this even if she wanted to. Financial Fair Play puts strict limits on the amount that a club can increase it's wages expenditure in a season, and even allowing for our significant revenue growth, we simply can't afford to start paying people £120k a week.
Clubs like United, and to a lesser degree City, Chelsea and Arsenal are already spending so much money that they can buy who they want and pay what they want. For united the sky is the limit with wages and transfers. City's owners are so rich that they don't even care about FFP fines, apparently. But Chelsea have changed their model, employing really top players by using a small playing squad and generating revenues from buying and selling Europe's most promising young players, many of whom never even kick a ball for Chelsea.
Katarina has invested heavily in the areas of Saints that she can - particularly in the new Staplewood campus and in developing the brand. These are the things that will steadily grow our income to compete. Not this year or next, but perhaps in 5 or so. Until then I will settle for Europa League. (And will still open a beer each time we are safe from relegation). . |
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