Wolfie
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- Jan 14, 2015
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Its a massive gamble, not saying its wrong because whats the difference between 14th and 17th?
But shit, if you dont win it then theres absolutely nothing even remotely redeeming about this season. I guess maybe bringing through some of your kids and the likes of diallo gives you hope for a positive rebuild.
For clubs struggling for money like United the difference between 14th and 17th place is almost £9 million which is a fair chunk of running costs for most of the teams in the top flight considering only West Ham ( basically because they have a government funded stadium ) and Brentford are the only 2 clubs to make a post tax profit in the last decade.
Obviously, they are gambling now on Champions league to make up for that lost premier league prize money. Its probably a sensible move.